Larry Closs's Blog, page 8
October 8, 2011
Beatitude: "A sharp, smart novel."
Larry Closs's Beatitude is a sharp, smart novel with a human voice and some neat interweavings of memory and the present. Set in the recent past in a largely gay milieu in the media world of Manhattan, it avoids the usual posing or pretentiousness of fiction located in that hip, midtown mode. Rather, it is a story whose narrator has warmth and it is driven by a dialogue that is convincing and engaging. But the book is more than just a tale of quotidian romance in the upper storeys of a...
October 5, 2011
Kudos from Conor Grennan
Morris Kennedy"There is a thrill when you read something so real, so true, that you're never taken out of the moment by a contrived line or joke. You're there, in that moment with the characters, living that life. That's why we read in the first place."
—Conor Grennan, author of the international bestseller, Little Princes
October 3, 2011
Kudos from David Amram
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—David Amram, composer, conductor, musician
September 3, 2011
Cover Story
The incredible cover of Beatitude is by Anthony Freda, an award-winning illustrator whose work has appeared in Rolling Stone, The New Yorker, Esquire, The New York Times, The Village Voice, Entertainment Weekly, Playboy and many others.
His work has also been included in the annual illustration and design competitions of The Society of Illustrators, American Illustration, Communication Arts, Print Magazine and The Society of Publication Designers.
September 1, 2011
Box of Beatitude
This is the first box of Beatitude Advance Reader's Editions—aka galleys—soon to be bound for various magazines, newspapers, websites, blogs and other media outlets that review new books.
August 25, 2011
Here's the Deal
News about the deal for my debut novel, Beatitude, first appeared in the industry newsletter, Publishers Lunch, in September 2010. Beatitude will be published on October 18, 2011. The road to publication is a long one! My incredible agent, Michael Harriot, is now with Folio Literary Management.
August 20, 2011
October 2011: Beatitude
My debut novel, Beatitude, will be published in October 2011 by Rebel Satori Press. I'll be posting news and updates along the way. This is the very first Advance Reader's Edition, unbound.
