J. R. Moehringer

In conjunction with World Book Night, the St. Louis Independent Bookstore Alliance invites you to join us at The Mad Art Gallery for a reception featuring J.R. Moehringer, author of the 2013 World Book Night selection The Tender Bar and, most recently, Sutton.

Moehringer will appear in conversation with novelist Curtis Sittenfeld, acclaimed author of Prep, American Wife, and the soon-to-be-released Sisterland. The authors will discuss the importance of literature and fostering a love of reading.

Moehringer’s Sutton, set in the Prohibition era, inspired this “Speakeasy, Read Freely” theme, and we will have jazz music, auction items and a cash bar at the event. We will also have copies of the authors' books available for purchase and signing.

This reception is sponsored by the St. Louis Independent Bookstore Alliance and is free and open to the public.

World Book Night Book Givers may also pick up their books from participating bookstores at this event.

The Mad Art Gallery is located at 2727 S 12th, 63118

Location: Street: Mad Art Gallery Additional: 2727 S 12th City: Saint Louis, Province: Missouri Postal Code: 63118 Country: United States (added from IndieBound)… (more)

The New York Times bestselling author of The Tender Bar, J.R. Moehringer returns to Warwick's on Wednesday, October 17th at 7:30pm to discuss and sign his new novel Sutton. Reserved seating is available for this event, please call Warwick's at (858) 454-0347 for details.

Born in the squalid Irish slums of Brooklyn, in the first year of the twentieth century, Willie Sutton came of age at a time when banks were out of control. If they weren't taking brazen risks, causing millions to lose their jobs and homes, they were shamelessly seeking bailouts. Trapped in a cycle of bank panics, depressions and soaring unemployment, Sutton saw only one way out, only one way to win the girl of his dreams.

So began the career of America's most successful bank robber. Over three decades Sutton became so good at breaking into banks, and such a master at breaking out of prisons, police called him one of the most dangerous men in New York, and the FBI put him on its first-ever Most Wanted List. But the public rooted for Sutton. He never fired a shot, after all, and his victims were merely those bloodsucking banks. When he was finally caught for good in 1952, crowds surrounded the jail and chanted his name.

Blending vast research with vivid imagination, Pulitzer Prize-winner J.R. Moehringer brings Willie Sutton blazing back to life. In Moehringer's retelling, it was more than need or rage at society that drove Sutton. It was one unforgettable woman. In all Sutton's crimes and confinements, his first love (and first accomplice) was never far from his thoughts. And when Sutton finally walked free--a surprise pardon on Christmas Eve, 1969--he immediately set out to find her.

Poignant, comic, fast-paced and fact-studded, Sutton tells a story of economic pain that feels eerily modern, while unfolding a story of doomed love, which is forever timeless.

Watch the book trailer here.

Location: Street: 7812 Girard Ave City: La Jolla, Province: California Postal Code: 92037 Country: United States (added from IndieBound)… (more)

On Wednesday, October 17th at 11:30am join the Del Mar Country Club as they host author J.R. Moehringer. The $65 ticket includes a copy of J.R.'s book Sutton, light hos d'oeuvres, and champagne. Please RSVP to Jen at (858) 759-5500 ext. 100 or at jmyer@delmarcountryclub.com by October 15th.

Please note that this event is not a Warwick's run event. Direct all questions to the above contact.

Location: Street: 6001 Clubhouse Drive City: Rancho Santa Fe, Province: California Postal Code: 92067 Country: United States (added from IndieBound)… (more)

Description

Born in the squalid Irish slums of Brooklyn, in the first year of the twentieth century, Willie Sutton came of age at a time when banks were out of control. If they weren't taking brazen risks, causing millions to lose their jobs and homes, they were shamelessly seeking bailouts. Trapped in a cycle of bank panics, depressions and soaring unemployment, Sutton saw only one way out, only one way to win the girl of his dreams.

So began the career of America's most successful bank robber. Over three decades Sutton became so good at breaking into banks, and such a master at breaking out of prisons, police called him one of the most dangerous men in New York, and the FBI put him on its first-ever Most Wanted List.

But the public rooted for Sutton. He never fired a shot, after all, and his victims were merely those bloodsucking banks. When he was finally caught for good in 1952, crowds surrounded the jail and chanted his name.

Blending vast research with vivid imagination, Pulitzer Prize-winner J.R. Moehringer brings Willie Sutton blazing back to life. In Moehringer's retelling, it was more than need or rage at society that drove Sutton. It was one unforgettable woman. In all Sutton's crimes and confinements, his first love (and first accomplice) was never far from his thoughts. And when Sutton finally walked free--a surprise pardon on Christmas Eve, 1969--he immediately set out to find her.

Poignant, comic, fast-paced and fact-studded, Sutton tells a story of economic pain that feels eerily modern, while unfolding a story of doomed love, which is forever timeless.

Location: Street: 160 Courthouse Sq City: Oxford, Province: Mississippi Postal Code: 38655-3914 Country: United States (added from IndieBound)… (more)

J. R. Moehringer promotes Sutton.

J.R. Moehringer, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for feature writing in 2000, is a former national correspondent for the Los Angeles Times and a former Nieman Fellow at Harvard University. Moehringer, the author of the New York Times bestselling memoir The Tender Bar, will read from and sign his first novel Sutton ($27.99 Hyperion), the poignant, comic, fast-paced and fact-studded, story of America’s most successful bank robber, Willie Sutton. Free numbered tickets for a place in the booksigning line will be available on Tuesday, September 25, at 9:00 am, at all Tattered Cover locations with the purchase of Sutton. Seating for the presentation prior to the booksigning is limited, and available on a first-come, first-served basis to ticketed customers only. (jpmoore)… (more)

JR Moehringer promotes Sutton.

Willie Sutton came of age at a time when banks were out of control. Trapped in a cycle of bank panics, depressions and soaring unemployment, Sutton saw only one way out, only one way to win the girl of his dreams. So began the career of America's most successful bank robber. Blending vast research with vivid imagination, Pulitzer Prize-winner J.R. Moehringer (The Tender Bar) brings Willie Sutton blazing back to life in his new novel, Sutton. In Moehringer's retelling, it was more than need or rage at society that drove Sutton. It was one unforgettable woman. Purchase of Sutton is necessary to attend this event. The book can be purchased in advance, over the phone, or at the door. (jpmoore)… (more)

Venue: Mad Art Gallery

KTRS morning show host McGraw Milhaven, Left Bank Books, and Commerce Bank invite you to a book event and fundraiser with J.R. Moehringer, author of the acclaimed book, The Tender Bar, and a new novel, Sutton. Blending vast research with vivid imagination, Pultizer Prize-winner Moehringer brings famed bank robber Willie Sutton back to life. Tickets are $50 and include admittance for one person and one hardcover copy of Sutton, which the author will sign at the event. Proceeds will benefit Cardinal Ritter Children's Hospital Foundation. Mad Art Gallery, a former police station turned art gallery, will provide a cash bar. Tickets are available at Sutton.brownpapertickets.com.

Location: Street: Mad Art Gallery Additional: 2727 S. 12th City: Saint Louis, Province: Missouri Postal Code: 63118 Country: United States (added from IndieBound)… (more)