Dangerous Men
By (Author) Michael Katakis
Simon & Schuster Ltd
Scribner UK
5th August 2020
United Kingdom
General
Fiction
813.6
Hardback
80
Width 130mm, Height 198mm, Spine 13mm
150g
An old cowboy stares into the eyes of his dead wife and remembers a time before he knew her; a photojournalist and his terminally ill wife enjoy one last night together under the hunters moon; a family wait for their son to return home from the civil war in Bosnia; and a dying man takes violent revenge against the people who ruined his life. Crisp, heartfelt and clear-eyed, Katakiss debut short story collection bears comparison with those of the great American writers and demonstrates the enduring power of love in even the cruellest of environments.
"Dangerous Men is mesmerizing. These are wonderful, devastating stories, filled with dread and death, yet suffused with decency and love.I loved it.Ken Burns
"Very violent and immensely readable, both deeply sad and deeply catharticHenry Marsh
"Highly recommended for Steinbeck readers and others safe-sheltering from the dangerous men in Washington, D.C."Steinbeck Now
"A work of great sensitivity and lyrical beauty."Raja Shehadeh
Michael Katakisis the author of a number of books, includingErnest Hemingway: Artifacts From a Life, Despatches(special limited edition), The Vietnam Veterans Memorial, A Thousand Shards of Glass: There Is Another America, Traveller: Observations From an American in Exile and Photographs and Words (with Kris L. Hardin). He is the editor ofSacred Trusts: Essays on Stewardship and ResponsibilityandExcavating Voices: Listening to Photographs of Native Americans.His work has been translated into multiple languages and his writing and photography have been collected by a wide range of institutions, including The National Portrait Gallery in Washington, DC; the Victoria and Albert Museum and the British Library in London; and Stanford Universitys Special Collections Department. In 1999, Michael was elected Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society. He lives in Paris and Carmel.