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Michael A. FitzGerald
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male
place of birth
Rochester, Minnesota, The United States
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genre
Literature & Fiction
influences
modern lighting
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June 2007
about this author
Michael A. FitzGerald is the author of Radiant Days. The story tracks a dissolving love triangle between a hapless American, a beautiful Hungarian junkie, and a young British journalist during the last days of the Balkan War. Critics have called the writing "beautiful and lucid" and said the book "flawlessly and astutely mirrors the ennui and confusion of this generation."
FitzGerald was raised in Skaneateles, NY. He holds an MFA from the University of Montana. He has been the recipient of a Fishtrap Fellowship, an Idaho Commission on the Arts Literature Fellowship, and an ICA Quickfunds grant. His shorter works can be found in Swink, Massachusetts Review, CutBank, Northwest Review, Other Voices, and Boise Wee...more
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Radiant Days by Michael A. FitzGerald (Goodreads author) avg rating 4.00 — 87 ratings — published 2007 |
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Apologies Forthcoming (Paperback) by Xujun Eberlein (Goodreads author) bookshelves: currently-reading |
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Summer in Baden-Baden (Paperback) by Leonid Tsypkin bookshelves: currently-reading, dead |
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Musical Chairs (Paperback) by Jen Knox (Goodreads author) |
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Some Things That Meant the World to Me (Paperback) by Joshua Mohr (Goodreads author) |
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Everything Matters!: A Novel (Hardcover) by Ron Currie Jr. |
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The Boy Who Loved Tornadoes (Hardcover) by Randi Davenport (Goodreads author) |
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Chris La Tray's
review of Radiant Days:
"A book at times hilarious and disturbing; I loved it and hated it at the same time, which is a good thing. It hit many raw nerves from events that have occurred in my own life. Few of the characters are particularly likable, with the exception perhap...more " | |
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Michael
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Vestal McIntyre's
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"This cringe-making journey of a young man in Eastern Europe takes several unexpected turns, and becomes a real adventure. " | |
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Charles's
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"An excellent book, gripping, informative, surprising and quite unlike what I expected; a sort of unholy marriage between Hemingway and Brett Easton Ellis, with a startlingly unloveable - and extremely credible - hero. It's been on my to-read shelf fo...more " | |
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The Diary of a Rapist (New York Review Books Classics) by Evan S. Connell |
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Questionstruck: A Collection of Question-Based Texts Derived from the Books of Calvin Trillin (Paperback) by William Walsh (Goodreads author) |
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Hi Michael and thanks for the add! What an awesome pix you have! Happy Thanksgiving, too.
Blessings,
Jeannie
Wait, is Radiant Days a paperback original? All this time, I was waiting for the paperback to come out...
Thanks for the friendship, and for the interest in my novel. If you end up checking it out, I hope you enjoy it. And I'd love to hear what you think.If you don't mind sharing--I'm curious, what's your favorite novel of all time (if you have one)?
Here’s wishing you a fantastic day filled with fabulous fates, fanciful festivities, and frolicking phantom footstools.
-Jeremy :)
Hey Michael! I'm not gonna read many books anymore. Why should I? Your reviews are so good that from now on I'll just read your reviews.
Two new reviews of Radiant Days came out this week.
Jason Pettus over at the Chicago Center for Literature and Photography says the book is "subversively funny" and "infinitely sad".
Full Review:
[link:http://www.cclapcenter.com/2007/07/book_review_radiant_days_by_mi.html]
And a feature on this month's Hipster Book Club.
"Radiant Days is a brilliant, archly funny, and painfully accurate book..."
Full Review:
[link:http://www.hipsterbookclub.com/reviews/copy/0807/radiant_days_michael_a_fitzgerald.html]
Hello, Michael. Thanks for the add and thanks for the words of encouragement. Hope your book is doing well. I'll have to check it out soon.
