After asking you to nominate books you felt were underappreciated, Ironweed by William Kennedy has come out of the hat to be our Reading Group book for April. It has barely been mentioned in the Guardian’s book pages in the last five years, and it has yet to appear on the excellent Backlisted Podcast. More to the point, Ironweed also sounds like one heck of a book. William Kennedy: a life in writing Read moreWhen the book was released, Saul Bellow declared it “distinguished”, while the Guardian praised its “dark lyricism”. Just in case you need more inducement, here’s an excellent primer on the long and impressive career of William Kennedy, written by Emma Brockes in the Guardian in 2012.

Source: The Guardian April 03, 2018 11:48 UTC