…t the end, that healing is possible.” https://www.booklistonline.com/Hunter-s-Moon-Philip-Caputo/pid=9713964 “A brilliant series of interconnected stories about relationships and the myriad ways we both rescue and disappoint the people we love most. HUNTER’S MOON is about parents and children, the death of old friends, the recovery from loss and near-loss. In it, Caputo continues to chronicle of ups and downs of our collective character, our bet…
…essing because it banished the anxiety of doubt. Navigating with a map and compass, or with a sextant, or (most primitive of all), by the sun, stars, and terrain features, requires skill and practice. Even so, a lot of guesswork is involved, and that brings on a tingling tension, so when you arrive at your destination, you feel both relieved and gratified because your own brain and abilities, mixed with a little luck, are what got you there. To ma…
…il (2010) Video: Tucson Festival of Books: Writer’s Panel Discussion on the U.S. and Mexico Border (2010) Author Archives Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center: Philip Caputo letters, papers, audio and video archives…
…that it doesn’t matter. In the course of nearly seven hundred pages, he encompasses military offensives, the slave trade, arms-running operations, passionate romances, religious conversions, childhood memories, and rampant corruption, in a portrait of a place where “God and the Devil are one and the same.” Caputo lays the groundwork of the novel carefully, introducing his disparate cast of characters; then, as the various plot lines come together…
…an we’d met when we started off from Key West looked at our tiny, tinny, 50-year-old Airstream, and said that if we made it to Alaska “in that little old thing” he’d be surprised if we were still married. When Leslie asked if he had any tips on marital survival, he replied, “Get a bigger trailer or take shorter trips.” Leslie & Phil on “The Loneliest Road” (U.S. 50) in Nevada Well, we got to Alaska, and we got back, and neither of us is seeing a l…
…lways come away with a positive feeling, which I can’t say about making hit-and-run Amazon.com book purchases. My most recent bookstore visits were extra-positive because I found my latest book, MEMORY AND DESIRE, on the “Book Club” shelf at Barrett Bookstore in Darien, Connecticut, and on the “New and Notable” shelf at the excellent Barnes and Noble store in Charlottesville, Virginia. We could all use a little more positivity in our lives these d…
…And in the jungles of Vietnam, four American soldiers undertake a mystical search for a man-eating tiger. Filled with atmospheric tension, crackling with psychological observation, and evoking masters from Joseph Conrad to Robert Stone, Exiles is a riveting literary experience. Praise From Kirkus Reviews Three impressively varied and dramatic novellas, the first collection of shorter fiction from the author of such novels as Horn of Africa (…
…e best of them. And, of course, I hope you’ll enjoy reading The Longest Road, vicariously traveling with me from subtropical Florida to the northernmost reaches of Alaska. You’ll meet the people I did, and I think you’ll come away with the same impression: that quite often, the most ordinary men and women have extraordinary stories to tell. Visit my page on this site about The Longest Road for choices on where to pre-order the book….
…nce of love, about desire and desire remembered, and the reunion of a fifty-year-old man with a son he fathered out of wedlock in his youth. The three central characters, Luke Blackburn, his brilliant but troubled wife, Maureen, and Luke’s former lover, Corinne Terrebonne, take the reader on a journey that leads to betrayals, painful discoveries, and eventually, to acceptance. Previously, Caputo published HUNTER’S MOON, a 2019 collection of interc…
…a nation so vast and diverse together? Is it holding together as well as it once did? What some of them had to say may surprise you. If you have any comments on these two questions yourself, feel free to offer them below….
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