|
I can’t remember when I
laughed as
hard reading a book as I laughed reading SAMUEL. It
also made me sad. Humor and pathos are difficult to mix, but
Quincy mixes them just right. He presents Samuel’s character
without sentimentality, which not many of us could do. SAMUEL is
a piece of work. -- Terry Davis, author of Vision Quest |
| Quincy’s fiction is tremendously varied in subject and tone. Whether it be a savage portrayal of pit bull fighting or a novel about college football, however, the writing is uniformly excellent. It takes a deft touch indeed to make as initially as unprepossessing a character as Samuel memorable, much less lovable, but Quincy brings it off. While there is a good deal of pointed satire in SAMUEL, the characters are never manipulated for that purpose. Like all first-rate fiction, it is the characters who count — and this is first-rate. Quincy ranks up there with the best of our contemporary novelists. -- Don Wall, Professor of Creative Writing, EWU |
SAMUEL is a romp. Keith Quincy has created a character that may redefine for readers the psychological term approach/avoidance. Seldom in literature has a character been so disgustingly lovable, and seldom has a story walked as deftly on the fine line between comedy and tragedy. This is a good book! -- Chris Crutcher, author of Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes |