Biloxi
A Novel
by Mary Miller
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Pub Date 21 May 2019 | Archive Date 30 Apr 2019
W. W. Norton & Company | Liveright
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Advance Praise
“This is a story about second chances, the art of settling, and settling down. Mary Miller knows how to tell a simple story in a spectacular way. She is funny and peculiar and mysterious and wise.” - Helen Ellis, author of Southern Lady Code and American Housewife
“If Lorrie Moore’s wicked sense of humor and Ernest Hemingway’s minimalism had a love-child that love-child would be Mary Miller’s Biloxi. Get ready to fall in love with cantankerous Louis McDonald Jr, a singular character as surprised by life as he is surprising. This book is a winner.” - Hannah Pittard, author of Visible Empire
“Mary Miller’s new novel is a marvel, a deliberate, careful rendering of the slipping-away life of a sixty year old man who discovers, after more than his share of loneliness, desire and calamity, that there is always, after all, the wonder of hope.” - Frederick Barthelme
“I’ve always been a huge fan of Mary Miller’s work. Now, with Biloxi, Miller gives us the singular new voice of Louis McDonald Jr., a man grieving his past, trapped in a state of emotional and mental paralysis — until the day he adopts a dog named Layla, who slowly begins to crack his heart open again. I was continually surprised, delighted, and above all moved while reading. A beautiful book from one of southern literature’s most important young authors.” - Jamie Quatro, author of Fire Sermon and I Want To Show You More
Available Editions
EDITION | Other Format |
ISBN | 9781631492167 |
PRICE | $24.95 (USD) |
PAGES | 224 |
Featured Reviews
I've never been the kind of person to annotate or highlight passages in books--something about that practice always made me feel a bit like a vandal--but BILOXI by Mary Miller changed me in that regard. Throughout this charming and delightful novel I found myself marveling at the author's turns of phrase and her wry observations of human (and animal) behavior, and in turn, tapping the highlight button on my Kindle to mark the passages for future reference.
As a recently retired 61-year-old man, I felt the parallels between myself and the main character, Louis, all too well. Kudos to Ms. Miller for capturing all the loneliness, anxiety, and indecision of the senior male experience. (I'm curious to find out just exactly how she pulled that one off!) I came away from the book with the same feeling I had when I finished Fredrick Bachman's A Man Called Ove: richer for the experience. I think you will too. This one is a perfect choice for book clubs.
This review is based on a digital ARC provided by the publisher via NetGalley. BILOXI will be published on May 21, 2019.
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