About the Author:
Monte Schulz received his M.A. in American Studies from University of California, Santa Barbara. He published his first novel, Down by the River, in 1990, and spent the next twelve years writing a novel about the Jazz Age. His father is the late cartoonist Charles M. Schulz. He lives in Santa Barbara, CA.
Review:
“Schulz proves himself to be a handy wordsmith in this literally ambitious novel of pre-Depression America. Hand this straight-faced and multifaceted almost-satire to fans of the southern gothic tradition, all the way from Flannery O’Connor to John Kennedy Toole.”
- Booklist
“Monte Schulz proves that his father was not the only talented storyteller in the family.... Monte has carved out his own stake with This Side of Jordan, the first novel of a planned trilogy.... Even though there are moments of brutal violence in the vein of Cormac McCarthy, Jordan is more about the young man facing his future with uncertain terms.... You’ll find yourself enraptured by his style, fittingly written in honor of his father.”
- Bruce Grossman, Bookgasm
“Did I mention how good the writing is? The writing is excellent... The setting is so vivid I felt like I could fall into the book and lose myself there, landing on some dusty road in a tourist camp where the hicks waited to be fleeced or killed by Chester.”
- Cory Doctorow, Boing Boing
“Monte Schulz has proven that his father isn’t the only Schulz with considerable storytelling talent. ... Schulz manages to capture a moment in history, a piece of humanity in transition. It’s bleak, but funny, and smartly written. ...[R]eaders of good fiction should appreciate what Schulz has accomplished.”
- Michael C. Lorah, Newsarama
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