Kyle Glispie
asked
David Joy:
Hey David, I read your book Where all Light Tends to Go and it was one of my favorite reads! I was curious, do you have any recommendations? I Like Daniel Woodrell as well as similar authors such as Ron Rash, Cormac McCarthy, and really enjoy the Wiley Cash. If you get a minute and have a few recommendations, that would be greatly appreciated.
David Joy
I'd add Larry Brown and William Gay to that list of Woodrell, Rash, and McCarthy. As far as contemporaries who are writing similarly, I love Donald Ray Pollock and Benjamin Whitmer. I think both of those writers are vastly underrated. Wiley's got a new one coming out this fall called The Last Ballad. Frank Bill also has a new one coming out called The Savage. Both of those ought to be good. Definitely check out Don and Ben, though, if you haven't. As far as which book by each, I'd start with the stories in Knockemstiff for Don and then move on to Devil All The Time and The Heavenly Table. With Ben, I love Cry Father, but Pike is also incredible!
More Answered Questions
Donna Davis
asked
David Joy:
I see you have another one coming out soon. I have been watching Net Galley (on the Putnam page) for a DRC, and haven't seen it yet. Is this likely to turn up there? (If I still had a salary, I would cheerfully just wait in line like everyone else and buy it, given the strength of your last two novels.)
Gary
asked
David Joy:
David, there is a slight chance that you may remember my mentioning that the end of your novel reminded me of the end of Jim Thompson's "The Killer Inside Me," in which the narrator makes a similar choice. Do you remember this discussion? It was before the book was published, but I had an "advance copy." I am not sure that I remember my own reasoning now, but it may be that Thompson's protagonist had a different mo
About Goodreads Q&A
Ask and answer questions about books!
You can pose questions to the Goodreads community with Reader Q&A, or ask your favorite author a question with Ask the Author.
See Featured Authors Answering Questions
Learn more