Wednesday, September 12th, at 7:00PM
Dog-Eared Books
203 Main Street, Ames

If you’re a Bubbles & Books listener, you hopefully caught our “Poppin’ Off” episode featuring Jess Walter where he chatted with Amanda and Ellyn about his new release, So Far Gone. We love this book, but beyond even that, we adore Jess and his work–Ellyn proudly displays his novel Beautiful Ruins on her mantel. Come join us on Friday, September 12th to chat with Jess about his latest book, enjoy a curated cocktail, and celebrate the special role specific books and their writers can play in our lives.

About So Far Gone:

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Beautiful Ruins—and in the propulsive spirit of Charles Portis’ True Grit—comes a hilarious, empathetic, and brilliantly provocative adventure through life in modern America, about a reclusive journalist forced back into the world to rescue his kidnapped grandchildren.

Rhys Kinnick has gone off the grid. At Thanksgiving a few years back, a fed-up Rhys punched his conspiracy-theorist son-in-law in the mouth, chucked his smartphone out a car window and fled for a cabin in the woods, with no one around except a pack of hungry raccoons.

Now Kinnick’s old life is about to land right back on his crumbling doorstep. Can this failed husband and father, a man with no internet and a car that barely runs, reemerge into a broken world to track down his missing daughter and save his sweet, precocious grandchildren from the members of a dangerous militia?

With the help of his caustic ex-girlfriend, a bipolar retired detective, and his only friend (who happens to be furious with him), Kinnick heads off on a wild journey through cultural lunacy and the rubble of a life he thought he’d left behind. So Far Gone is a rollicking, razor-sharp, and moving road trip through a fractured nation, from a writer who has been called “a genius of the modern American moment” (Philadelphia Inquirer).

Jess Walter is the author of ten books, most recently the story collection The Angel of Rome and the best-selling novels The Cold Millions and Beautiful Ruins; The Zero, finalist for the National Book Award; and Citizen Vince, winner of the Edgar Award. His work has been published in 34 languages and his short fiction has won O. Henry and Pushcart prizes and appeared three times in Best American Short Stories.

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If you have already purchased So Far Gone from Dog-Eared Books, you can email events@dogearedbooksames.com and we will provide you with a FREE ticket after verifying your purchase.