The Carrion Birds: A Novel - Tapa blanda

"In the tradition of "No Country for Old Men", Urban Waite has written a nail-biter that takes off from the get-go and never stops, a book chock full of memorable characters and kick-ass writing."--Tom Franklin on "The Terror of Living"

"The defining quality of Urban Waite's gripping existential thriller is an elegant sparseness, which inevitably recalls Cormac McCarthy."--"Financial Times" on "The Terror of Living"

""The Carrion Birds" is as muscular and laconic as anything by Cormac McCarthy, yet it crackles with humanity. A-"--"Entertainment Weekly"

"The Carrion Birds" is as muscular and laconic as anything by Cormac McCarthy, yet it crackles with humanity. A- --"Entertainment Weekly""

A lean and mean, modern-day noir western filled with complex characters and situations . . . hauntingly dark and elegiac writing . . . a candidate for best crime book of 2013. --"New York Journal of Books""

[A] searing western noir. Three people face terrifying moral choices as they each wish for what they can t have: life as it was before their small border town . . . was doomed by its dying oil economy. --Publishers Weekly (starred review)"

Waite writes with grace and poignancy and keen comprehension of hard men in hard circumstances . . . [The] narrative rages as a perfect torrent of violence flooding toward its inevitable conclusion. Fierce and lyrical. --Kirkus Reviews"

One fine specimen . . . with more artistry than would seem possible in a conventional thriller. --"New York Times Book Review" on "The Terror of Living""

In the tradition of "No Country for Old Men," Urban Waite has written a nail-biter that takes off from the get-go and never stops, a book chock full of memorable characters and kick-ass writing. --Tom Franklin on "The Terror of Living""

A hell of a good novel, relentlessly paced and beautifully narrated. There s just no let-up. Waite s style is tight and taut. . . . Strong narrative voice, auspicious debut. . . . Awfully glad I read this one. --Stephen King on "The Terror of Living""