WISE MEN by Stuart Nadler (2013) SIGNED+DATED+NYC First Edition, First Printing

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Signed+Dated+NYC , Brand New, First Edition, First Printing, Hardcover/Dust Jacket, List: $25.99 Wise Men 2013 Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers Selection by Stuart Nadler Stuart Nadler is a graduate of the Iowa Writers' Workshop, where he was awarded a Truman Capote Fellowship and a Teaching-Writing Fellowship. Nadler is a recipient of the 5 Under 35 award from the National Book Foundation. Recently, he was the Carol Houck Smith Fiction Fellow at the University of Wisconsin. His fiction has appeared in The Atlantic . He is the author of the story collection The Book of Life . First Edition, First Printing, hand SIGNED/DATED/PLACED , in my presence, to full title page. No inscription; full signature + 2.19.13 + NYC only. From an event with Karen Russell, Dina Nayeri, and Stuart Nadler in New York City on February 19, 2013. BONUSES: A copy of the event flyer + a copy of two book reviews are included. Please only bid if you will pay within five days of auction's end. All domestic sales of $25 or more will be wrapped and shipped in a box. Shipping & Handling for USPS Media Mail is $3.95 (includes Delivery C onfirmation) Shipping & Handling for USPS Priority Mail Flat Rate envelope is $6.95 (includes Delivery Confirmation) Shipping & Handling for USPS Priority Mail International Flat Rate envelope is $25.95 I provide the highest quality author signed, first edition books. 100% authentic guaranteed - This is my COA "Certificate of Authenticity". I won't sell any signed book that I'm not 100% sure is hand signed by the author. I attended this Karen Russell, Dina Nayeri, and Stuart Nadler event on February 19, 2013. I'm not happy unless you are! Please email any questions. Thanks! Book Description Release date: February 5, 2013 Almost overnight, Arthur Wise has become one of the wealthiest and most powerful attorneys in America. His first big purchase is a simple beach house in a place called Bluepoint, a town on the far edge of the flexed arm of Cape Cod.It's in Bluepoint, during the summer of 1952, that Arthur's teenage son, Hilly, makes friends with Lem Dawson, a black man whose job it is to take care of the house but whose responsibilities quickly grow. When Hilly finds himself falling for Lem's niece, Savannah, his affection for her collides with his father's dark secrets. The results shatter his family, and hers.Years later, haunted by his memories of that summer, Hilly sets out to find Savannah, in an attempt to right the wrongs he helped set in motion. But can his guilt, and his good intentions, overcome the forces of history, family, and identity?A beautifully told multigenerational story about love and regret, Wise Men confirms that Stuart Nadler is one of the most exciting young writers at work today. "It's an absorbing, well-crafted book, with all the story-telling virtues on display. It is atmospheric, thoughtful and mature, with characters whose fate arouses genuine curiosity. It is fiction of great integrity and vast promise." ( Hilary Mantel, Booker-winning author of Bring Up the Bodies and Wolf Hall )"A tense, evocative, page-turning saga of the bruising encounters between two families across the 'colour line' over half a century. Every conversation rings painfully, beautifully true." ( Emma Donoghue, author of Room )" Wise Men reads like a classic; it is a completely engrossing novel, one that scars the reader's heart in the most satisfying way. In confident, unpretentious prose, Nadler tackles the complexity of racial tension and fifties mores in a manner reminiscent of Harper Lee and Carson McCullers, and in a smart, misses-nothing style that summons comparisons to Salinger and Cheever. Hilton Wise is a winsome and compelling narrator, one you'll find yourself rooting for days after finishing the book. Nadler's deft rendering of place, namely a secluded compound in coastal Massachusetts, allows the reader to become completely los... read more

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