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McInerny
Born in Minneapolis, Joseph McInerny attended the University of Minnesota before moving to New York City, where he lived for many years and worked a variety of jobs — from writing advertising copy to selling pretzels in the Union Square Farmer's Market. His debut novel Powderhorn was published by Tanglefinger Books in 2013. He currently lives in Pittsburgh, where he is writing short fiction and finishing his second novel.
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(This photograph was snapped candidly by my brother, Paul. Don't I look authorial? Pondering Big Thoughts. I think I was watching a squirrel on the lawn.)
POWDERHORN
"Some get away clean. They say Arnie Sayles' cousin made a half-million as a bootlegger back in the day. Wendell Rasmussen, the pimp, spends five dollars to get his hair cut. John Carr held up a bank truck six months ago and he's still buying rounds down at the Frenchman's. So don't go playing a radio drama telling me crime doesn't pay. Maybe every so often some poor bastard rolls craps and ends up in a police morgue. But there are six sides to these dice, and you don't need to be a genius to figure out the odds of the game."
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— from Powderhorn
Powderhorn, a novel of
the Great Depression, tells the tale
of Horton Moon, a charming malcontent who slips rather too easily
from one side of the law to the other and,
seeking a better life, risks losing everything he loves.
Critics on Powderhorn
"Horton Moon is a scoundrel. He drinks too much, he cheats; he turns all too easily to crime. Yet somehow, in Joseph McInerny's skillful hand, you can't help pulling for the guy. Powderhorn is Horton's story, told through his not always clear-thinking eye. I expected this book to be a good read, but frankly did not expect to love it. I was wrong."
from an Amazon Review
(not a friend or relative!)
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