Suitcase City: A Novel

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In Suitcase City, a man gets himself into a little bit of trouble, then a little bit more, then a lot. And then his whole world becomes a nightmare. How does a man get himself out of this mess of his own creation The answer involves the end of an extramarital affair, reconciliation with a daughter he has neglected and a deadly encounter with another man - one who comes out of the past bearing bad news and the keys to a new life. Set in Tampa, Florida in the late 1980s, Suitcase City captures the glitter of the high life and the steamy essence of low places in the Cigar City.

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Praise for Fighting in the Shade:

Brilliant, fearless....A book as gripping and unforgettable as any in recent memory.
--Dennis Lehane, author of Mystic River

Honor, loyalty, even life and death form the core of this wrenching story.
--Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

High school football mixes with Faust in this blitz of a novel.
--Publishers Weekly (starred review)

Brilliant, fearless....A book as gripping and unforgettable as any in recent memory.
--Dennis Lehane, author of Mystic River

Honor, loyalty, even life and death form the core of this wrenching story.
--Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

High school football mixes with Faust in this blitz of a novel.
--Publishers Weekly (starred review)

Author Bio

Sterling Watson is the author of six novels, including Sweet Dream Baby and Fighting in the Shade. His short fiction and nonfiction have appeared in the Prairie Schooner, the Georgia Review, the Los Angeles Times Book Review, the Michigan Quarterly Review, and the Southern Review. He was director of the Creative Writing Program at Eckerd College for twenty years and is the college's Peter Meinke Professor Emeritus of Literature and Creative Writing. Suitcase City is his latest work.