“Sayles has written a stunning, epic, panoramic, historical novel that reminds me of the writing of Dos Passos. Beginning in 1897 and spanning a five-year period, Sayles captures the era that includes the Yukon gold rush, a white insurrection in North Carolina and the U.S. imperialist wars in Cuba and the Philippines. The scope and depth of this novel is hard to match. This is one of my favorite types of novels, historical and political, played out on the large stage of the world, and so all-embracing that it is positively Whitman-esque.”—Greg, Elliott Bay Book Company, Seattle
Face Out
A Moment in the Sun by John Sayles
June 6, 2011