John Larison, at Book Passage, Ferry Building

From a blazing new voice in fiction comes Whiskey When We're Dry -- a gritty and lyrical American epic about a young woman who disguises herself as a boy and heads west. Told in Jess's wholly original and unforgettable voice, Whiskey When We're Dry by John Larison is a stunning achievement, an epic as expansive as America itself--and a reckoning with the myths that are entwined with our history.