Roy Scranton will read from his debut novel, War Porn.
Praise for Roy Scranton:
“What impresses is the brutal immediacy of the writing, its authority. Roy Scranton is a truth telling war writer." -- E.L. Doctorow, author of Ragtime
“I have never read a book like War Porn. Roy Scranton writes with unnerving power. There is much to admire here—the meticulous craftsmanship, the hysterical comic passages, the way the sheer audacity of vision is matched at every turn by the innovative skill to carry it out—but what I'm left with at the end is difficult to put into words. It's intense and troubling. It's what all truly excellent literature leaves you with. A sense of something shattering." -- Phil Klay, author of Redeployment
“War Porn is dire, savage, and brilliant, a simmering fever-dream of a novel that's as pure and true in its vision of the long war as anything I've read. Roy Scranton is merciless—and why should he be anything but? War's corruption soaks through every layer of life, and War Porn drives home that truth with unflinching, and ultimately harrowing, honesty.” -- Ben Fountain, author of Billy Flynn's Long Halftime Walk
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Praise for Roy Scranton:
“What impresses is the brutal immediacy of the writing, its authority. Roy Scranton is a truth telling war writer." -- E.L. Doctorow, author of Ragtime
“I have never read a book like War Porn. Roy Scranton writes with unnerving power. There is much to admire here—the meticulous craftsmanship, the hysterical comic passages, the way the sheer audacity of vision is matched at every turn by the innovative skill to carry it out—but what I'm left with at the end is difficult to put into words. It's intense and troubling. It's what all truly excellent literature leaves you with. A sense of something shattering." -- Phil Klay, author of Redeployment
“War Porn is dire, savage, and brilliant, a simmering fever-dream of a novel that's as pure and true in its vision of the long war as anything I've read. Roy Scranton is merciless—and why should he be anything but? War's corruption soaks through every layer of life, and War Porn drives home that truth with unflinching, and ultimately harrowing, honesty.” -- Ben Fountain, author of Billy Flynn's Long Halftime Walk
Roy Scranton will read from his debut novel, War Porn.
Praise for Roy Scranton:
“What impresses is the brutal immediacy of the writing, its authority. Roy Scranton is a truth telling war writer." -- E.L. Doctorow, author of Ragtime
“I have never read a book like War Porn. Roy Scranton writes with unnerving power. There is much to admire here—the meticulous craftsmanship, the hysterical comic passages, the way the sheer audacity of vision is matched at every turn by the innovative skill to carry it out—but what I'm left with at the end is difficult to put into words. It's intense and troubling. It's what all truly excellent literature leaves you with. A sense of something shattering." -- Phil Klay, author of Redeployment
“War Porn is dire, savage, and brilliant, a simmering fever-dream of a novel that's as pure and true in its vision of the long war as anything I've read. Roy Scranton is merciless—and why should he be anything but? War's corruption soaks through every layer of life, and War Porn drives home that truth with unflinching, and ultimately harrowing, honesty.” -- Ben Fountain, author of Billy Flynn's Long Halftime Walk
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Praise for Roy Scranton:
“What impresses is the brutal immediacy of the writing, its authority. Roy Scranton is a truth telling war writer." -- E.L. Doctorow, author of Ragtime
“I have never read a book like War Porn. Roy Scranton writes with unnerving power. There is much to admire here—the meticulous craftsmanship, the hysterical comic passages, the way the sheer audacity of vision is matched at every turn by the innovative skill to carry it out—but what I'm left with at the end is difficult to put into words. It's intense and troubling. It's what all truly excellent literature leaves you with. A sense of something shattering." -- Phil Klay, author of Redeployment
“War Porn is dire, savage, and brilliant, a simmering fever-dream of a novel that's as pure and true in its vision of the long war as anything I've read. Roy Scranton is merciless—and why should he be anything but? War's corruption soaks through every layer of life, and War Porn drives home that truth with unflinching, and ultimately harrowing, honesty.” -- Ben Fountain, author of Billy Flynn's Long Halftime Walk
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