Robert Olen Butler discusses The Hot Country.
Please join us for a very special evening when Pulitzer Prize author Robert Olen Butler returns to Octavia Books to read from and sign his just released very first crime novel, The Hot Country, an epic saga full of intrigue, romance and espionage set during the early stages of World War I.
Cobb soon witnesses a priest being skillfully shot dead in the cross he wears around his neck. Cobb employs a young pickpocket to help him find out the identity of the sniper and, more importantly, why important German officials are coming into the city in the middle of the night from ammunition ships docked in the port. The investigation will lead Cobb into the heart of war and behind hostile lines in an epic adventure novel. An action-packed chronicle of passion and war, Robert Olen Butler’s The Hot Country is powerful thriller not to be missed from one of our most revered writers.
Robert Olen Butler is the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of twelve novels, including Hell and A Small Hotel. He has twice won a National Magazine Award in Fiction and has received two Pushcart Prizes. He teaches creative writing at Florida State University. I hope you will consider a review or feature to coincide with the book’s release in October, and please do not hesitate to be in touch with any questions.
The Hot Country (Mysterious Press, $25), Christopher Marlowe Cobb, the swashbuckling early 20th century American newspaper war correspondent travels to Mexico in April and May of 1914, during that country’s civil war, the American invasion of Vera Cruz and the controversial presidency of Victoriano Huerta, El Chacal. Covering the war in enemy territory and sweltering heat, Cobb falls in love with Luisa, a young Mexican laundress, who is not as innocent as she seems. The intrepid war reporter soon witnesses a priest being shot. The bullet rebounds on the cross the holly man wears around his neck and leaves him unharmed. Cobb employs a young pickpocket to help him find out the identity of the sniper and, more importantly, why important German officials are coming into the city in the middle of the night from ammunition ships docked in the port. An exciting tale of intrigue and espionage, Robert Olen Butler’s powerful crime-fiction debut is a thriller not to be missed.
Robert Olen Butler will sign and discuss The Hot Country (Mysterious Press; $25).
Robert Olen Butler is the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of thirteen novels, including Hell and A Small Hotel. He is also the author of six short story collections and a book on the creative process, From Where You Dream. He has twice won a National Magazine Award for Fiction and has received two Pushcart Prizes. He teaches creative writing at Florida State University.
Author: Robert Olen Butler This is the author's first visit, but he comes quite the reputation as a fine writter. We will list some of his other books besides Hot Country . Christopher Marlowe Cobb (“Kit”), the swashbuckling early 20th-century American newspaper war correspondent, travels to Mexico in April and May of 1914, during that country’s civil war and the American invasion of Vera Cruz. But covering the war in enemy territory and in sweltering heat isn’t enough of a challenge for Cobb. Soon, he’s falling in love with a young Mexican laundress, Luisa, who may not be as innocent as she seems, and he’s witnessing the inexplicable attempted sniper assassination of a priest (miraculously, the bullet rebounds off the cross around his neck, leaving him unharmed). Now Cobb is also trying to track down a sniper—and figure out why important German officials are coming into the city in the middle of the night from ammunition ships docked in the port. An exciting tale of intrigue and espionage, Butler’s powerful crime-fiction debut is a thriller not to be missed.
In Pulitzer Prize-winning author Robert Olen Butler's latest book, Christopher Marlowe Cobb ("Kit"), the swashbuckling American newspaper war correspondent, travels to Mexico in 1914, during that country's civil war, the American invasion of Vera Cruz and the controversial presidency of El Chacal (The Jackal). Covering the war in enemy territory and sweltering heat, Kit falls in love with a young, seemingly innocent Mexican laundress.
Robert Olen Butler signs A Small Hotel.
Robert Olen Butler discusses A Small Hotel.
Robert Olen Butler was married and divorced four times.
Robert Olen Butler's book Paris in the Dark is currently available from LibraryThing Early Reviewers.
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