SJ ROZAN

I interrupt the on-going love letter to central Florida to announce the first review of IN THIS RAIN. ITR is my 10th book, due late Dec., probably on shelves in Jan. The trade publications directed at booksellers and librarians will be reviewing it about now, if they review it at all. And Kirkus just did, in their Oct. 15 issue. (Publishers get it early.) Their policy is to recap the plot so the librarian or bookseller can have a clue about the book even if they have no chance to read it, and then to give their opinion in the last couple of lines. They take pride in snark at Kirkus; nevertheless, it's with great relief and joy that I reproduce here the awaited-and-dreaded last lines:

"The story is familiar, but Rozan embeds it in social fabric so dense and so convincing that everyone in the Big Apple, from power-hungry politicos to money-hungry developers to survival-hungry street kids, comes alive. An exuberant celebration of the rainbow city in all its crime-drenched glory."

I'm a writer, publishing both as SJ Rozan and, with Carlos Dews, as Sam Cabot. (I'm Sam, he's Cabot.) Here you can find links to my almost-daily blog posts, including the Saturday haiku I've been doing for years. BUT the blog itself has moved to my website. If you go on over there you can subscribe and you'll never miss a post. (Miss a post! A scary thought!) Also, I'll be teaching a writing workshop in Italy this summer -- come join us!
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Previous Entry :: Next Entry Read/Post Comments (18) Share on Facebook		2006-10-05 9:46 AM The first review I interrupt the on-going love letter to central Florida to announce the first review of IN THIS RAIN. ITR is my 10th book, due late Dec., probably on shelves in Jan. The trade publications directed at booksellers and librarians will be reviewing it about now, if they review it at all. And Kirkus just did, in their Oct. 15 issue. (Publishers get it early.) Their policy is to recap the plot so the librarian or bookseller can have a clue about the book even if they have no chance to read it, and then to give their opinion in the last couple of lines. They take pride in snark at Kirkus; nevertheless, it's with great relief and joy that I reproduce here the awaited-and-dreaded last lines: "The story is familiar, but Rozan embeds it in social fabric so dense and so convincing that everyone in the Big Apple, from power-hungry politicos to money-hungry developers to survival-hungry street kids, comes alive. An exuberant celebration of the rainbow city in all its crime-drenched glory." Read/Post Comments (18) Previous Entry :: Next Entry Back to Top