ABOUT BRUCE HOLBERT

Bruce Holbert is a graduate of the University of Iowa Writers’ Workshop. His work has appeared in The Iowa Review, Hotel America, The Antioch Review, Crab Creek Review, Other Voices, The Contemporary West and the New York Times. Holbert grew up in the Grand Coulee near the Columbia River. His family was among the and among the first settlers of the country. His first novel, Lonesome Animals was a top ten pick in 2012 for The Seattle Times; it was followed by The Hour of Lead in 2014 (both Counterpoint), which won the Washington State Book Award 2015 and was named by Kirkus Reviews as a top 100 pick for 2014.  Holbert’s most recent novel, Whiskey is with MCD and Farrar Straus & Giroux.

ABOUT WHISKEY

Whiskey is the story of two brothers, their parents, and three wrecked marriages, a searching book about family life at its most distressed — about kinship, failure, enough liquor to get through it all, and ultimately a dark and hard-earned grace. With the gruff humor of Cormac McCarthy and a dash of the madcap irony of Charles Portis, and a strong, authentic literary voice all his own, Bruce Holbert once again traverses the harsh landscape of America’s northwestern border and finds a family unlike any you’ve met before.

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