The Wake of Forgiveness Audiobook

Quotes

• “The Wake of Forgiveness, which hails from the Robert Olmstead school of western, is a dark tale about fathers and sons, missing mothers, and the poison that lies at the heart of the question, Who’s to blame?”

  — Washington Post

• “Machart’s prose is so evocative that you can smell the men’s cheap tobacco and corn mash, feel the bare, hard-packed earth from which they coax crops. Their dialogue, rural south Texas vernacular, is spare, gnarled, and often funny. In addition to the violence, betrayals, and cruelty of an old-fashioned western, The Wake of Forgiveness also finds redemption.”

  — Wall Street Journal

• “The big state of Texas is home to many good writers, and the arrival of Bruce Machart’s debut novel shows there’s always room for one more.”

  — Dallas Morning News

• “Machart writes fine idiomatic dialogue and unwinds textured details of farm life, horse racing, and the vagaries of the weather.”

  — Houston Chronicle

• “Such evocative prose helps make Machart’s novel a standout this year, in any genre.”

  — Cleveland Plain Dealer

• “This is pure literature; an emphasis on language over plot; risky, complex, and often unlikable characters and that echo, that ripple that flows forward into the future and backward into myth.”

  — Los Angeles Times

• “Bruce Machart has penned a dazzling, gratifying tale of retribution, redemption, and morality.”

  — San Antonio Express-News

• “In his luminous and wrenching tale of four motherless brothers, Machart skillfully evokes the rural Texas landscape.”

  — Entertainment Weekly

• “A mesmerizing, mythic saga.”

  — New York Times

• “Machart’s moving story unfolds lyrically and sensually, with little fanfare, as his thoughtful prose propels a character-driven story about family, morality, and redemption.”

  — Publishers Weekly (starred review)