From Shelf Awareness:
photo: Kelly Bahr
Dane Bahr was born in Minnesota and now lives in Washington State with his wife and sons. He is the author of the novels The Houseboat and Stag. The Dead Ringer (Counterpoint, April 21, 2026) is a haunting western that features a man brought back from the dead to exact revenge.
Handsell readers your book in 25 words or less:
Montana, 1935. Benjamin Kilt is buried alive by his brother and bank-robbing partner. Exhumed at the final moment, Kilt sets out for revenge.
Book you’re an evangelist for:
I have several, apologies. Dave Eggers’s A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius; Tim O’Brien’s The Things They Carried; The Complete Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway. Eggers did something so weirdly and distinctly original, and it hasn’t been matched since. O’Brien’s book is so tight and understated–I’ve read it and reread it so many times and come away with something new each time. Hemingway for all the clichéd reasons one loves Hemingway. You can’t write today without contending with Hemingway’s ghost.
Book you’ve bought for the cover:
Ottessa Moshfegh’s My Year of Rest and Relaxation. Turns out the book is pretty damn good too.
