From a writer called "an important new voice in fiction" by Bret Lott and a "novelist of daring creativity and passion" by Edmund White, comes...

From a writer called "an important new voice in fiction" by Bret Lott and a "novelist of daring creativity and passion" by Edmund White, comes Our Napoleon in Rags. It's the story of the regulars at the Don Quixote, a bar in a decaying Midwestern city, whose lives are torn apart when their self-appointed "Napoleon," Haycraft Keebler, bipolar son of a famous local politician, falls in love with a 15-year-old male hustler. Weaving the hot-button issues of mental illness, pedophilia, racism and police brutality through a novel that is Victorian in its graceful storytelling, Kirby Gann has created not only an extraordinary read, but a biting commentary on contemporary America.

Kirby Gann is the managing editor of Sarabande Books and teaches in the MFA program at Spalding University.

Author: Kirby Gann
Publisher: Ig Publishing
Published: 04/01/2005
Pages: 250
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.55lbs
Size: 8.02h x 5.04w x 0.66d
ISBN: 9780975251737


Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 05/15/2005 pg. 105
Kirkus Reviews 02/15/2005 pg. 190

About the Author
Kirby Gann's first novel, The Barbarian Parade, was called a striking debut for a novelist of daring creativity and passion by Edmund White. His short fiction has appeared in Witness, The Crescent Review, American Writing, The Louisville Review, The Southeast Review, and The Southern Indiana Review. He is also Managing Editor at Sarabande Books, and teaches in the MFA Program at Spalding University.