The Ancient Hours

Vivid . . . well-written . . . Highlights in bracing clarity one town's reckoning with a monstrous act. -Publishers Weekly Nobody else is on Michael Bible's planet. He distills all the pain and joy of our lives into the most evocative music, the purest medicine. He's one of our greatest living artists. The Ancient Hours is brilliant. -Bud Smith, author of Work In The Ancient Hours Michael Bible brilliantly maps the innate pain of a Carolina town over time. Through an assemblage of complex characters-anarchists and outlaws, fractured families, and lonely librarians, Bible creates a harrowed history that interrogates our present moment. This slim masterpiece might be the book you've been waiting for. -Ryan Ridge, author of New Bad News Bible's style is unique: swift, mythic without pretense, eccentric but focused. --Literary Hub Poetic and with flashes of brilliance . . . we have a promising new writer here. --NPR Bible's talent is such that he knows how to take scripture and bend and twist it into something that can exist in both heaven and hell... Bible is a fantastic writer. --Kevin Wilson, author of The Family Fang A singular new voice . . . [Michael Bible] is so open, so easy, so fluid, you'll smile with joy turning every page. --Barry Hannah, author of Airships Most contemporary fiction makes me wonder why people try to write anymore. Michael Bible helps me remember why. --Blake Butler, author of Alice Knott Michael Bible has the golden hand of Carson McCullers and the joyous cosmic heart of Richard Brautigan. --William Boyle, author of Gravesend and The Lonely Witness