Andre Dubus III

After their parents divorced in the 1970s, Andre Dubus III and his siblings grew up with their overworked mother in a depressed Massachusetts mill town saturated with drugs and violence. Nearby, his father, an eminent author, taught on a college campus and took the kids out on Sundays. The clash between ... (more)the drinking, drugging, and fighting of "townies" and the ambitions of students debating books and ideas, couldn’t have been more stark. In his memoir Townie, acclaimed novelist Dubus shows us how he escaped the cycle of violence and found empathy in channeling the stories of others—bridging, in the process, the rift between his father and himself.

"Dubus relives, absent self-pity or blame, a life shaped by bouts of violence and flurries of tenderness."-Vanity Fair After their parents divorced in the 1970s, Andre Dubus III and his three siblings grew up with their overworked mother in a depressed Massachusetts mill town saturated with drugs and ... (more)everyday violence. Nearby, his father, an eminent author, taught on a college campus and took the kids out on Sundays. The clash between town and gown, between the hard drinking, drugging, and fighting of "townies" and the ambitions of students debating books and ideas, couldn't have been more stark. In this unforgettable memoir, acclaimed novelist Dubus shows us how he escaped the cycle of violence and found empathy in channeling the stories of others-bridging, in the process, the rift between his father and himself.

One of the most anticipated books of the season, a memoir by the author of House of Sand and Fog. After their parents divorced in the 1970s, Andre Dubus III and his three siblings grew up with their exhausted working mother in a depressed Massachusetts mill town saturated with drugs and crime. To protect ... (more)himself and those he loved from street violence, Andre learned to use his fists so well that he was even scared of himself. He was on a fast track to getting killed--or killing someone else. He signed on as a boxer. Nearby, his father, an eminent author, taught on a college campus and took the kids out on Sundays. The clash of worlds couldn't have been more stark-or more difficult for a son to communicate to a father. Only by becoming a writer himself could Andre begin to bridge the abyss and save himself. His memoir is a riveting, visceral, profound meditation on physical violence and the failures and triumphs of love.

Andre Dubus III, the author of House of Sand and Fog, will join us to discuss and sign his new novel, The Garden of Last Days, which has just been published in paperback.

This meeting is only a couple of days after Andre's visit to town. I should think we will have something to talk about!

In his stunning follow-up to the #1 best-selling House of Sand and Fog, Andre Dubus draws us into the lives of three deeply flawed, driven people whose paths intersect on a September night in Florida. April, a stripper, has brought her daughter to work at the Puma Club for Men. There she encounters Bassam, ... (more)a foreign client both remote and too personal, and free with his money. Meanwhile, another man, AJ, has been thrown out of the club, and he’s drunk and angry and lonely. From these explosive elements comes a relentless, raw, and page-turning narrative that seizes the reader by the throat with psychological tension, depth, and realism. This gripping novel comes highly recommended by Jane Moser.
Andre Dubus III is the author of House of Sand and Fog (an Oprah’s Book Club selection and National Book Award Finalist), Bluesman, and The Cage Keeper and Other Stories. He lives with his family north of Boston.

ANDRE DUBUS III: THE GARDEN OF LAST DAYS 7pm
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House of Sand and Fog author Andre Dubus will read from and sign his new novel, The Garden of Last Days.

The author of The House of Sand and Fog brings us a new big-hearted, painful, page-turning novel about sex and parenthood and honor and masculinity.

Powell's City of Books Stage

"An explosive narrative employs a Florida strip club as a tinderbox for tensions on the weekend before 9/11...Difficult to put down, impossible to forget."Kirkus Reviews

"A masterful psychological portrait of three compellingly flawed, very human characters."Caitlin Doggart bookseller at Where ... (more)the Sidewalk Ends, Chatham, MA.

Andre Dubus III is the author of Bluesman, The Cage Keeper and Other Stories, and House of Sand and Fog (a National Book Award Finalist and Oprah Book Club Selection). His writing has received many honors, including a Guggenheim Fellowship, a National Magazine Award, and a Pushcart Prize. He lives with his family north of Boston.

From the author of the New York Times bestseller and Oprah's Book Club selection The House of Sand and Fog comes a new passionate and painful novel about sex, parenthood, honor and masculinity. Set in the steamy underside of American life, a stripper brings her daughter to work, deciding it's best to ... (more)have her watching children's video's in the office while she works. Except tonight April has an unusual client, a foreigner both remote and too personal, and free with his money. Meanwhile, another man has been thrown out of the club for holding hands with his favorite stripper, and he's drunk, angry and lonely.

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ANDRE DUBUS III

THE GARDEN OF LAST DAYS

With Island Center Hall on Bainbridge Island serving as ... (more)the venue, literary master Andre Dubus III, National Book Award finalist for The House of Sand and Fog, introduces a novel that has the same psychological tension, depth, and realism as its predecessor. It is a relentless, raw, searing, passionate story of sex and parenthood and honor and masculinity, set in the seamy underside of America.

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