Book Promotion for Legend of a Suicide
Author: David Vann
Publisher: Harper Perennial
David Vann’s reputation certainly precedes him making Newman Communications all the more enthusiastic for his book promotion and book publicity campaign. The Newman Team provided Mr. Vann with a Book Publicity and Radio Media Tour, providing the outstanding book promotion service and results he deserves.
About the Book:
The Legend of a Suicide, Vann’s debut fiction collection, includes five stories and a novella joined by one, unavoidable incident: the suicide of Roy Fenn’s father. From Roy’s dramatic birth on a remote Alaskan Island to his boyhood fascination with tropical fish; from a detailed and dark speculation of his own suicide and what it would mean to his long-dead father to his 30-year old self returning to his childhood hometown to confront his father’s first mistress and the origin of his despair: this semiautobiographical collection transforms “tragedy into art.”
Vann gives each story a different context and perspective, allowing a unique and sincere connection with the protagonist, and catapulting Vann into his own place among contemporary literature.
Prizes & Awards for Legend of a Suicide:
- Winner of The New York Times Editors pick
- New York Times Notable Book
- Winner of the Grace Paley Prize
- A California Book Award Winner
- San Francisco Chronicle top fifty
- Story Prize Notable book
- Kansas City Star Top ten story Collections
- Esquire’s Contributor Award Winner
About the Author:
David Vann is a professor at the University of San Francisco. A contributor to Esquire, The Atlantic, Men’s Journal, Outside, and National Geographic Adventure, he is the author of a bestselling memoir, A Mile Down: The True Story of a Disastrous Career at Sea, and the forthcoming Last Day On Earth: A Portrait of the NIU Shooter, Steve Kazmierczak. His website is www.davidvann.com
Prizes & Awards for David Vann:
- National Endowment of the Arts Fellowship
- Wallace Stegner Fellowship
- AWP Nonfiction Prize
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