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LIVE: conversation w/Ben Fountain

  • RJ JULIA 768 Boston Post Road Madison, CT, 06443 United States (map)

I’ll be in conversation with Ben Fountain about DEVIL MAKES THREE a brilliant and propulsive new novel about greed, power, and American complicity set in Haiti in 1991. 

PRAISE

“Devil Makes Three is the sort of expansive, heartbreaking, thrilling novel I didn't realize I was missing until it grabbed hold of me and wouldn't let go. Writing at the peak of his considerable powers, Ben Fountain makes a harrowing period in Haiti's recent history come wonderfully and tragically alive. This morally complex novel is why we read fiction." —Jess Walter, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Cold Millions and Beautiful Ruins

“Devil Makes Three brings the relentless intimacy of great literature to the quest to understand Haiti, and in this sense the novel is both an act of wild faith and an act of mad love and, finally, a triumph.” —Bob Shacochis, author of The Woman Who Lost Her Soul and The Immaculate Invasion

"Devil Makes Three is a fast and riveting read, a gripping thriller braided with a couple of credible love stories. This novel will pin your ears back with some of its hard-won truths." —Madison Smartt Bell, author of All Souls' Rising

Earlier Event: September 20
LIVE: Keynote speaker, LOC/NEH
Later Event: October 7
LIVE: Heartland Book Festival, KC, MO