Roland Merullo is the critically acclaimed author of "Revere Beach Elegy" and "In Revere, In Those Days." He teaches at Bennington College and lives in western Massachusetts with his wife and two children.
Praise for Roland Merullo and his previous books "A portrait of a
time and place that has few equals." --"The Boston Globe"
"A beautiful story told with the compelling voice of a writer who
is willing to approach the enormous question of redemption, and
does so with truthfulness and striking decency."--Elizabeth
Strout
"[This] novel is so true that it has the authenticity of a memoir.
It will, I think, be compared to A Separate Peace . . . . It is an
extraordinary achievement." --Anita Shreve
"Emotionally complex, politically intelligent, beautifully written:
Among the best from a novelist in the classic American tradition."
--"Kirkus Reviews" (starred)
"A great novel--ambitious, heartfelt, generous, and oh-so-skilled."
--Richard Russo
"Merullo invents a world that mirrors our world in all of its
mystery. And he does it in language so happily inventive and
precise and musical, and plots it so masterfully, that you are
reluctant to emerge from his literary dream." --"The Washington
Post Book World"
"Merullo is a writer of great talent." --Robert Stone
"Merullo has a knack for rendering emotional complexities,
paradoxes, or impasses in a mere turn of the phrase." --"Chicago
Tribune"
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