Station of the Birds
Station of the Birds
Station of the Birds
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Description
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Disinherited while attending college in New Orleans, Daryl Munroe returns to his hometown in Louisiana's Atchafalaya Swamp, planning to intimidate his father by setting up an illegal smuggling business. He joins forces with his childhood friend, Michael Duvet, the son of a local jazz musician. His attempt at vengeance becomes a mysterious quest in an area steeped in myth and generational lore and riven by entrenched barriers of class and race. Part fever dream, part cautionary tale, Station of the Birds spins a narrative about fathers and sons, addiction's hollow banging at the gate, and the ritual sacrifices rooted in agrarian cultures.
Critical Reviews
Critical Reviews
Betsy Sussler's bracing debut is a delirium of drugs, speedboats, and murder. Tense and intense, it guides us back into the secret waterways of Louisiana's Atchafalaya swamp, and a time when it was governed by old codes and the keeping of old scores-its not-so-distant troubling past.
-Dylan Landis
How could we have guessed that Sussler, the heroic editor-impresario of the irreplaceable BOMB Magazine for decades, had also been cooking up this slinky, visionary gumbo of a novel? The book rewards comparison to Barry Gifford's Wild at Heart (and the film that came from it), as well as early Robert Stone or Joy Williams, or Denis Johnson's Already Dead, with a sense of heat and danger all its own.
-Jonathan Lethem
In Station of the Birds, Betsy Sussler has told the fraught story of a conflicted man returning to his hometown in Louisiana. Deeply atmospheric and powerfully dramatic, this is an intense tale of paternal struggle, addiction, and sacrifice. A riveting read.
-Patrick McGrath
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