About the Author:
Scott O Connor is the author of the novella "Among Wolves"and the novel "Untouchable", which was hailed by "The New York Times "and for which he won a Barnes & Noble Discover New Writers Award. He lives in Los Angeles, California.
Review:
"O'Connor writes with vivid descriptive detail and acute psychological insight, as well as flashes of searing, wry humor and occasional moments that simply break your heart." Source: The Boston Globe
"O’Connor writes with grace and force." Source: Publishers Weekly
"Gripping...The perfect book for our present moment." Source: The Daily Beast
"O’Connor’s spare prose amplifies the horror of his story. It also compels the reader to inhabit his characters’ lives. Half World is a stunningly grim and emotionally harrowing read and an astute and evocative portrayal of government paranoia during the Cold War and Vietnam War eras." Source: Booklist (Starred Review)
"Fascinating...O'Connor is a gifted stylist, and he vividly captures the rabbit hole that swallows agents, their families, and their victims alike." Source: Library Journal
"An invigorating historical thriller... Intimately gripping... O'Connor writes with fire." Source: Kirkus Reviews
"O'Connor shows the beauty, the complex blend of dirty truth and high ideals that reveal the human in all of us with an intimacy, elegiac gravitas and deep respect. A strong voice." Author: Chris Abani Source: author of The Virgin of Flames and GraceLand
"Half World is all in. A taut and suspenseful narrative. Well-wrought flawed characters. Prose that is pitch perfect. The truth is, Scott O’Connor is a beautiful, sage-like, and terrifying writer." Author: Andrew Krivak Source: National Book Award finalist and author of The Sojourn
"Scott O'Connor's Half World is like being granted clearance to classified files about a bizarre and fascinating moment in our nation's history--this is literary suspense of the highest order, and with every page I was intrigued a bit more, horrified a bit more, until I felt I, too, had been brainwashed and found it impossible to stop reading this beautifully written and utterly compelling novel. Now I must read it again. Now I must..." Author: Alan Heathcock Source: award-winning author of Volt
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