From lithub.com Richard Chiem is the guest on [the podcast] Otherppl. His new novel, King of Joy, is available from Soft Skull Press. This is Richard’s second time on the podcast. He first appeared in Episode 142 on January 23, 2013. Chiem is also the author of You Private Person (Sorry House Classics), named one of Publishers Weekly‘s 10 Essential Books of …
Kittens in vending machines, hippos rising out of dark water, broom handles made of gold: in his first novel, King of Joy, Seattle writer Richard Chiem blends comforting absurdity with the most profound reaches of grief. The result is a strange, unsettling harmony that is typical of his writing. Drawing from themes also present in …
Phinney Books in Seattle shared excitement about some spring titles in a recent newsletter. February 26 The Border by Don Winslow The arrival of this final volume is making it clear that Winslow’s epic trilogy about the drug wars on the US-Mexico border is one of the central fictional dramas of our time, closing in a storm …
