Larry Brown

Braiden Chaney has no arms or legs. Walter James has no face. They lost them in Vietnam, along with other, more vital parts of themselves. Now, twenty-two years later, these two Mississippians -- one black, the other white -- lie in adjoining beds in a V.A. hospital. In the course of one long night they tell each other how they came to be what they are and what they can only dream of becoming. Their stories, recounted in voices as distinct and indelible...

Larry Brown has been a force in American literature since taking critics by storm with his debut collection, Facing the Music, in 1988. His subsequent work-five novels, another story collection, and two books of nonfiction-continued to bring extraordinary praise and national attention to the writer New York Newsday called a "master." In November 2004, Brown sent the nearly completed manuscript of his sixth novel to his literary agent. A week later,...

In an ambitious narrative structure reminiscent of Robert Altman's classic film Nashville, Larry Brown weaves together the stories of a sprawling cast of eccentric and lovable characters, each embarked on a quest for meaning, fulfillment, and love -- with poignant and uproarious results. Set in Memphis and North Mississippi, The Rabbit Factory follows the colliding lives of, among others, Arthur, an older, socially ill-at-ease man of considerable...

Father and Son tells the story of five days following Glen Davis's return to the small Mississippi town where he grew up. Five days. In this daring psychological thriller, these are five days you'll never forget. Convicted and sentenced on a vehicular homicide charge, Glen is the bad seed--the haunted, angry, drunken, and dangerous son of Virgil and Emma Davis. Bobby Blanchard is the sheriff, as different from Glen as can be imagined, but in love...

« Amartilló el percutor, dirigió el cañón hacia la cabeza de su padre y mantuvo la negra y ancha boca del mismo a dos centímetros de su cráneo. Apretó los dedos en torno a la empuñadura accidentada del arma. El viejo siguió durmiendo. Padre e hijo». 1968. Un pueblo perdido de Mississippi. Glen Davis, el hijo pródigo, vuelve a casa. Pero no está arrepentido. Tras una estancia de tres años en la cárcel, regresa, lleno de odio y resentimiento,...

Harry Blake had everything going his way. He retired from a successful business career. He wrote two novels and won the most prestigious literary award in the country, not to mention a prize of $125,000 in gold coins. Hollywood had decided to make a mini-series based on his books. He had a beautiful wife and a big, loving family. They lived in a lovely home on a lake in rural South Carolina. It seemed like a perfect life. But one night changed everything....

Trabajo sucio es la primera novela de Larry Brown, la historia de dos hombres, dos extraños, uno negro y otro blanco. Ambos nacieron y se criaron en los duros campos de Mississippi. Ambos combatieron en Vietnam y ambos regresaron a casa de milagro heridos de gravedad. Hoy, veintidós años después del retiro de las tropas, los dos hombres, o lo que queda de ellos, ocupan camas adyacentes de un remoto hospital de veteranos. Cuentan con un buen alijo...

Los hombres y las mujeres que se acodan en las barras de estos relatos están al borde de la ruptura, tratan de seguir adelante y fingen, pero beben y se hacen daño. Es gente común y corriente, gente abollada. Obreros fatigados, amas de casa alcoholizadas, granjeros arruinados..., gente que se desloma por llegar a fin de mes y apenas puede. Hay perros atropellados, botellas escondidas, rifles cargados y salas de urgencia. Dolores íntimos con la...

"Larry Brown writes like a force of nature."-Pat Conroy Larry Brown caught the rapt attention of readers and critics with the 1988 publication of Facing the Music, his prize-winning first collection of stories. The following year, his first novel, Dirty Work, won national acclaim as a work of uncompromising power and honesty. Big Bad Love, his third book, collects ten new stories. Dealing with sex, with drink, with fear, with all kinds of bad...

He's been slapped by Frank Sinatra, hugged by John Lennon, and ridiculed by The Beatles' record label. It all happened over his song Tie a Yellow Ribbon 'round the Ole Oak Tree that ignited emotions of love, patriotism, and forgiveness in billions of fans. Born in Newark, New Jersey, Larry Russell Brown stole food to feed himself and his six brothers and sisters. His enterprising methods including stealing a car that landed him in jail at age eleven...