This is a very happy moment for me as Publishers Weekly Starred Reviewed my novel ANONYMOUS. Read review here:
"This novel from Tanamor is a winning jumble of the gritty, the raw, and the grotesque. Set in a prison, the book follows three inmates—Unknown (in for fraud), Ambiguous (in for murder), and Stud (in for reasons unknown)—as they communicate through the building’s plumbing system, sharing stories and attempting to outdo each other with tales both shocking and bizarre. While the novel is slow going at first, readers who stick around will find the author soon hits his stride. Tanamor writes like a deformed love child of Chuck Palahniuk and Charles Bukowski who has finally discovered its own voice—and the result is a rousing novel that will confuse just as often as it entertains. This is a well-crafted piece of experimental, voyeuristic fiction from a promising writer with lots of potential." (http://www.publishersweekly.com/978-1-4348-3828-5)
I have been rejected by so many publishers and agencies, one saying the "audience is too narrow" and "couldn't possibly represent this book." Five years after publication I finally get validation!
The legend will hopefully live on!
"This novel from Tanamor is a winning jumble of the gritty, the raw, and the grotesque. Set in a prison, the book follows three inmates—Unknown (in for fraud), Ambiguous (in for murder), and Stud (in for reasons unknown)—as they communicate through the building’s plumbing system, sharing stories and attempting to outdo each other with tales both shocking and bizarre. While the novel is slow going at first, readers who stick around will find the author soon hits his stride. Tanamor writes like a deformed love child of Chuck Palahniuk and Charles Bukowski who has finally discovered its own voice—and the result is a rousing novel that will confuse just as often as it entertains. This is a well-crafted piece of experimental, voyeuristic fiction from a promising writer with lots of potential." (http://www.publishersweekly.com/978-1-4348-3828-5)
I have been rejected by so many publishers and agencies, one saying the "audience is too narrow" and "couldn't possibly represent this book." Five years after publication I finally get validation!
The legend will hopefully live on!