“Larry Brown has an ear for the way people talk, an eye for their habits and manners, a heart for the frailties and foibles, and a love for their struggles and triumphs. His fireman’s diary is a wonderful book.” —John Grisham

“Larry Brown is never romantic about danger … In this book he goes through his life with the same meticulous attention with which Thoreau circled the woods around Walden Pond.” —The New York Times Book Review

“Clear, simple, and powerful, and great rowdy fun to read.” —Time

Praise for Father and Son

“Larry Brown will cause you to be disappointed with every other novel you may pick up this year.” —Thom Jones

“His most wise, humane and haunting work to date.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review)

“Riveting.” —Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

“This is a novel that will live with you day and night.” —Kaye Gibbons

“A powerful tale of love and betrayal, family ties and brutal revenge.” —The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

“The model is Faulkner, but his influence has been absorbed and transcended.” —The New York Times Book Review

“So vividly written it is almost cinematic.” —The Orlando Sentinel

“It reads like a stud poker game of life, tension growing with the turning of each card.” —The Dallas Morning News

“Cancel the competition for suspense thriller of the year. Larry Brown has already won it with Father and Son.” —St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Praise for Fay

“Larry Brown is a true original, and Fay is among his best works. Follow Fay past the kudzu-draped woods and cinderblock bars and sunburned fields of Brown’s imagination. It’s a journey you won’t regret.” —Chicago Tribune

“For years, Larry Brown has been known and respected as a writer’s writer. But now, with Fay, this profoundly southern novelist may win the broad readership he so richly deserves … Spellbinding.” —People

“A well-oiled machine … More ambitious than any of Brown’s previous novels, Fay might just be his best work yet.” —The Denver Post

“A novel of the first order. … Gripping and virtually seamless … The writing, the characters, and the plot are so compelling that you can’t help but stay with the book until its conclusion.” —The Washington Post Book World

Praise for Billy Ray’s Farm

“Brown is the real thing.” —The Washington Post

“Brown makes us care about these rural days and nights—and the people who pass through them.” —Southern Living

“Brown’s muscular sentences hold us in the intensity of the moment … forceful description with unexpected tenderness.” —The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

“Equal parts Henry David Thoreau and long-suffering Job.” —Minneapolis Star Tribune

“Like his novels, Brown’s essays are built out of small, often raw details.” —USA Today

“Read this book. Read it for its emotional honesty and humor.” —The Roanoke Times