Bret Anthony Johnston, Author . Random $23.95 (255p) ISBN 978-1-4000-6211-9
In his promising debut collection, Johnston travels through time and across socioeconomic divides to present a series of nuanced portraits of middle-aged, middle-American loneliness in all its permutations. All 10 of these astutely observed stories...
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Bret Anthony Johnston. Random, $26 (384p) ISBN 978-1-4000-6212-6
In Johnston’s strong debut, it’s been four years since young son Justin disappeared, and during that time the Campbell family in southern Texas has been slowly crumbling under the strain of their grief. But when Justin, now a teenager, is...
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Bret Anthony Johnston. Random House, $29 (352p) ISBN 978-0-399-59012-2
A Texas teen tries to rescue his crush from a Branch Davidians–like cult in Johnston’s gripping sophomore novel (after Remember Me Like This). In 1993 Waco, rebellious 14-year-old Roy, son of the local sheriff, meets California girl Jaye Carroll and
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Bret Anthony Johnston. Random House, $28 (224p) ISBN 978-0-399-59015-3
The stories in this colorful collection from Johnston (We Burn Daylight) track their characters’ coming of age in Texas. In “Paradeability,” the unnamed narrator and his young son, Asher, travel from their home in Corpus Christi to a Houston clown...
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