More than a few lines in “Evensong” will choke you up, but this is a novel scrubbed of sentimentality and mawkish sadness. Instead, with steely realism, it’s aspirational — not just in terms of living long but living well.
—Ron Charles, The Washington Post
Amazon’s editors have chosen Evensong as a November pick! In fine company with the likes of Salman Rushdie, Bryan Washington, and John Irving. Thank you, Amazon!
Kirkus Reviews gives a starred review for Evensong!
…O’Nan’s brilliantly rendered characters refuse to be pitied, matter-of-factly accepting loss and physical decline as they go about their days quietly sustained by their faith and commitment to service. Unsentimental yet deeply moving: more wonderful work from the versatile, masterful O’Nan.
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In case you missed it, this past Sunday’s NYT Book Review’s By the Book’s author, Victor LaValle, is a fan of Last Night at the Lobster!
Check out the rest of the interview.
Is there any location riper for noir than a small town high school? Except maybe the heart of a teenager? Stewart O’Nan’s new noir novel Ocean State, isn’t so much a “whodunit” as a “why-dunit” story of the murder of a teenage girl and the ripples the crime and its aftermath cause in a small town and to the families who live there.
https://speakingofmysteries.com/podcast/episode-232-stewart-onan/
The Works of Stewart O'Nan 