Three Delays

Mind-blowing This isnt Smiths first tale of toxic and nihilistic obsession, but it is his most ravishing, painfully funny, and wildly mythic. Booklist (starred review) Smith is not only a spectacular stylist but also a visionary. Washington Post Book World From Charlie Smith (Cheap Ticket to Heaven, Chimney Rock, Shine Hawk), author of three New York Times Notable Books and a literary stylist whose writing can make the mountains ring&quote; (New York Times Book Review), comes his first novel in more than a decade, Three Delays, which follows the troubled lives of two lovers as they combat their passions and each other. In the words of James Dickey, &quote;Writers after Charlie Smith will have to take him into account, but I doubt if any will equal or surpass him.&quote;