David Goodwillie's Blog, page 5
May 10, 2010
Malena Watrous, The New York Times
"Given a few clues and fair warning, could a writer prevent the next terrorist bombing? After all, as David Goodwillie demonstrates in his hip and quick-paced literary thriller, AMERICAN SUBVERSIVE, which opens after an attack on the Barneys building in New York, the writer's job is to notice things that other people might overlook and to string together seemingly random details into a coherent plot. Then again, writers are notorious for trying to see everyone's point of view, and...
Mary Houlihan, Chicago Sun-Times
Malena Watrous, The New York Times
"A scathing and hilarious indictment of our bizarre moment in time… Goodwillie excels at jet-black social satire in a style reminiscent of Bret Easton Ellis." Read the rest of the review here.
May 6, 2010
May 6 – New York, NY
McNally Jackson Books, 7:00 pm
52 Prince Street (Map)
Writers & Editors Series
May 7 – Brooklyn, NY
Powerhouse Arena, 7:00 pm
37 Main Street, Dumbo (Map)
Novel-T Opening Day Party
Sponsored by BrooklynTheBorough.com
Reading & Signing
May 5, 2010
May 27, New York, NY
Barnes & Noble – Greenwich Village, 7:30 pm
396 Sixth Avenue (at 8th St.) (Map)
Free Fiction Writing Class
Sponsored by Gotham Writer's Workshop
Lecture & Signing
May 3, 2010
New Novel Tackles Terrorism in the City
"Saturday's attempted car bombing in Times Square is eerily similar to the events imagined by author David Goodwillie in his new novel "American Subversive," in which a number of bombings on American soil are intended to convey outrage and halt specific businesses. Here, the author reflects on a strange confluence of art and life."
Read the interview here: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001...
New Novel Tackles Terrorism in the City
An interview in the Wall Street Journal post-Times Square Bombing, May 2, 2010.
"Saturday's attempted car bombing in Times Square is eerily similar to the events imagined by author David Goodwillie in his new novel 'American Subversive,' in which a number of bombings on American soil are intended to convey outrage and halt specific businesses. Here, the author reflects on a strange confluence of art and life." Read the interview here.
April 30, 2010
Claire Howorth, The Daily Beast
"American Subversive skillfully spins the themes of morality, loyalty, and patriotism into an insightfully entertaining commentary on modern history and contemporary society. Don't mistake a buried exegesis for seriousness, though. Goodwillie's wit serves his story well—in addition to all of the perfectly authentic character quirks, there's some wry terrorist banter, playful Post-style headline writing, and loads of well-informed satire. This is a fast-paced, engaging novel of pop-culture...
April 24, 2010
The Rumpus Interview with David Goodwillie and Teddy Wayne
"Two debut novels addressing – amongst other topics ripped from the Zeitgeist – the symbiotic relationship between terrorism and the media, appear this month in bookstores: American Subversive (Scribner) by David Goodwillie (also author of the memoir, Seemed Like A Good Idea At The Time), and Kapitoil (Harper Perennial), by recent NEA Creative Writing Fellowship winner Teddy Wayne. If it has been "too soon" in the past for these kinds of novels, both of these books now feel right on t...
