The Marrowbone Marble Company (Hardcover)
Description
Moving from the hills of West Virginia to the islands of the Pacific and back, "The Marrowbone Marble Company" is a sweeping novel of love and war, power and oppression, faith and deception, from the author of "The Ballad of Trenchmouth Taggart."
About the Author
M. Glenn Taylor was born and raised in Huntington, West Virginia. This is his first novel. It was a Fall 2008 Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers selection, and it was also a finalist for the 2008 National Book Critics Circle Award. Taylor teaches English and fiction writing at Harper College in suburban Chicago, where he lives with his wife and two sons.
Praise for The Marrowbone Marble Company…
"Taylor's socially astute and fast-moving sophomore novel is earthy, authentic, and a testament to his literary talent."
-Publishers Weekly (starred review)
"Taylor's prose is so fluid and seemingly effortless that [it] bridges the usually irreconcilable gap between popular fiction and literary fiction. . . . A literary page-turner . . . stunning, fully realized, unique and ambitious book that proves there's still passion, fire, and brilliance in the American novel."
-Houston Chronicle
"The Ballard of Trenchmouth Taggart is picaresque, legendary, epic, and outrageous. . . . And with a narrative voice so confident, so compelling, so arresting and pure, the conclusion I came to is that Glenn Taylor must have channeled the whole damn thing."
-Sara Pritchard, Author of LATELY and CRACKPOTS
"I was hooked immediately by the narrative voice, which I would describe as utterly kickass, take-no-prisoners in tone. The combination of hyperbole & hilarity throughout is what I would call High Hillbilly in the purest form."
-Chuck Kinder, Author of Snakehunter and Last Mountain Dancer
