Three Delays

"Mind-blowing... This isn't Smith's first tale of toxic and nihilistic obsession, but it is his most ravishing, painfully funny, and wildly mythic." -- Booklist (starred review)

"Smith is not only a spectacular stylist but also a visionary." --Washington Post Book World

From Charlie Smith (Cheap Ticket to Heaven, Chimney Rock, Shine Hawk), author of three New York Times Notable Books and a literary stylist whose "writing can make the mountains ring (New York Times Book Review), comes his first novel in more than a decade, Three Delays, which follows the troubled lives of two lovers as they combat their passions and each other. In the words of James Dickey, Writers after Charlie Smith will have to take him into account, but I doubt if any will equal or surpass him.

Author: Charlie Smith
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Published: 05/18/2010
Pages: 368
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.61lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.32w x 0.88d
ISBN: 9780061859458

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 03/01/2010 pg. 32
Booklist 04/15/2010 pg. 29
New York Times Book Review 06/06/2010 pg. 26
New York Times Book Review 06/13/2010 pg. 26

About the Author
Smith, Charlie: -

Charlie Smith is the author of eight novels and eight books of poetry. He has won numerous awards, grants, and fellowships, including the Aga Khan Prize, the Levinson Prize, the J. Howard and Barbara M. J. Wood Prize, a Guggenheim Fellowship, and a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. His writing has appeared in numerous publications, including the New Yorker, the Paris Review, and the New York Times. Five of his books have been named as New York Times Notable Books of the Year or as Editors' Choices. He lives in New York City.