The Angel of Rome
by Jess Walter
One of the most popular authors at Madison Books, and one of my own favorites, Jess Walter is an infallibly engaging storyteller, equaled by few in that regard. More than that, he has a quality that even fewer writers share, that of continual reinvention—every book is different in topic and tenor. His newest publication, The Angel of Rome, showcases this talent in the form of short stories from all over the map: “A teenage girl tries to live up to the image of her beautiful, missing mother. An elderly couple confronts the fiction writer eavesdropping on their conversation. A son must repeatedly come out to his senile father while looking for a place to care for the old man. A famous actor in recovery has a one-night stand with the world’s most surprising film critic. And in the romantic title story, a shy twenty-one-year-old studying Latin in Rome during ‘the year of my reinvention’ finds himself face-to-face with the Italian actress of his adolescent dreams.”
—James, Madison Books, Seattle, WA
Travel the world with Jess Walter when you buy his book from Madison Books or another independent bookstore.