Michael F Smith
1) Nick
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
"Before Nick Carraway moved to West Egg and into Gatsby's periphery, he was in the trenches and tunnels of World War I. Floundering in the wake of the destruction he witnessed, Nick delays his return home, hoping to escape the questions he cannot answer about the horrors of war. He embarks on a redemptive transcontinental journey that takes him from a doomed, whirlwind romance in Paris to the debauchery and violence of New Orleans."--Publisher
2) Blackwood
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
Description
Red Bluff, Mississippi, has seen better days. The kudzu vines have enveloped the hills around it, swallowing homes, cars, rivers, and hiding a terrible secret deeper still. Sheriff Myer believes that the people of Red Bluff can be accepting, rational, even good. Colburn, a junkyard sculptor who's returned to Red Bluff, meets and falls in love with Celia, the local bar owner. With broken histories and vagabond hearts, the townsfolk wrestle with the...