Doug Dorst

The Poison Pen Reading Series presents Doug Dorst, author of Alive in Necropolis, recently reviewed in the New York Times. Brazos will attend and sell his book.

Doug Dorst's northern California-set debut novel, Alive in Necropolis (Riverhead) offers some imaginative re-presentation of what could be a formula story, taking as it does the perspective of a young police officer. But what an officer, what a town, what a story.

Alive in Necropolis is Doug Dorst's fresh, imaginative debut novel about a young police officer in northern California struggling to keep the peace — and maintain a grip on reality — in a town where the dead outnumber the living.

BookPeople is excited to present Doug Dorst with his groundbreaking debut novel, Alive in Necropolis.

This imaginative work follows Michael Mercer, a rookie cop in Northern California who is attempting to keep the peace in a strange town – a town whose dead outnumber the living. Fans of Haruki ... (more)Murakami and Paul Auster will fall in love with this remarkably talented novelist. Stop by BookPeople tonight at 7PM to meet Doug Dorst and pick up your copy of Alive in Necropolis.