From Germany’s Southwest Deutschland Public TV, Westlich des Sunset (West of Sunset) was chosen as their #1 recommended book for June! Great timing, as Stewart will be heading back out to Europe for West of Sunset. European fans can catch him at cities such as Salzburg and Stuttgart in the coming weeks. Here’s a great photo of German writer and actor Joachim Meyerhoff reading a copy of Westlich des Sunset!
credit: Der Spiegel
It’s official! The book is out and the tour begins. From USA Today:
City of Secrets by Stewart O’Nan (Viking, fiction, on sale April 26)
What it’s about: In post-World War II Jerusalem, a concentration camp survivor becomes involved in the underground resistance movement against the British.
The buzz: O’Nan “assumes the mantle of Conrad and Greene in a probing, keening thriller,” says Kirkus Reviews.
The book tour starts tonight!
Tue, Apr 26, 7pm
BARNES AND NOBLE # 2076
100 West Bridge Street
Homestead, PA 15120
The nice folks at Goodreads are giving away copies of Stewart’s newest book, City of Secrets. The giveaway ends on 2/18, so sign up and get your copy!
Check out a recent essay on Haruki Murakami by Lowry Pei. From Stewart:
When I was looking at models for The Circus Fire, I studied Murakami’s nonfiction account of the sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway, Underground.
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Five notable 2015 books by Pittsburgh-based writers
West of Sunset (Viking Penguin), by Stewart O’Nan. The veteran novelist (Last Night at the Lobster) drew raves coast to coast for this novel about F. Scott Fitzgerald’s final, scuffling years, with its wonderfully imagined recreation of late-1930s Hollywood. West of Sunset offers an indelible portrait of a man, a time and a place: clear-eyed but still alive to the possibilities of romance and dreaming.
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