Broken Field

In Praise of Pale Morning Done:

"A promising debut: rich in local color and uncontrived dialogue, with a plot that moves like a mountain stream."— Kirkus Reviews

"The novel stands out for its graceful, lovely evocation of the outdoors and as a chronicle of the struggle for control of a rare plot of Western wilderness." —Publishers Weekly

In Praise of Streams of Consciousness:

"As in Hull's novel Pale Morning Done, fishing really is a lens through which Hull sees the world…what makes these tales special and gives them the intensity of fine literature is that real life always intervenes in Hull's idyllic fishing trips. Sometimes the interruption is as simple as a missed connection with a dream girl at a bar or as newsy as environmental conservation, but oftentimes they are more dramatic, like the death of Hull's brother or his own stay in a psychiatric hospital. These pauses lend Hull's work a melancholy air, but they also allow Hull to outline his hope that life can also change for the better. Unlike many fly-fishing writers, Hull isn't afraid to let his guard down. Add in Hull's ability to bring his scenery and characters to life, and you have a book that will burrow into the hearts of anglers and nonanglers alike." —Publishers Weekly, Starred Review.

"In these ruminations on fishing and life, Montanan Hull shows that it's hard to fish well--and harder still to be a good person. …Of particular note is the essay "Wonder Time," an exquisite reflection on the pleasures of fishing at dusk. Hull is a strong fisherman but confronts difficult times off the water. He writes movingly about his brother's long struggle with anemia and cancer, and he explores with remarkable candor his own attempted suicide and psychiatric treatment. He also writes with self-deprecating humor about his difficult encounters with clumsy anglers, with poor men who fish to live rather than for sport, with Blackfeet Indians on their reservation. A fine example not only of outdoor literature but also of creative nonfiction."—Booklist

• Lead Title
• Broken Field is Friday Night Lights meets Beartown (Fredrilk Backman's bestselling slow-building thriller about a small rural town's obsession with hockey).
• Gorgeous novel about small town rural America, set in the vast plains of Montana.
• Acquired and edited by Lilly Golden, who has worked with Elizabeth Cobbs (Hamilton Affair), Joy Williams, Tom McGuane, and Annick Smith.
• The author is well connected in the literary world (Tom McGuane, Bill Kittredge, Judy Blunt, and Richard Ford) and in the media (ESPN, Washington Post, and Outside Magazine) and will be using his connections to promote and publicize.
• High profile topics like bullying, rape, indigenous people, teenage pregnancy, teenage murder explored in this novel.
• High school hazing always makes front page news, especially when it comes to sports, as articles this 2017 Forbes headline suggests: "In School Sports, Hazing Culture Has Become Rape Culture”
• Major media outlets pay attention to anything related to scandal in associated with sports.
• The novel is based on an actual event