James Hynes is the author of the novels “Next,” “Kings of Infinite Space,” “The Lecturer’s Tale,” “The Wild Colonial Boy” and a collection of novellas, “Publish and Perish.”
“Hang on tight,” said the Washington Post about “Next.” The novel’s mournful overtones rise slowly but firmly in that amazing voice — jocular and honest, clear-eyed and tragic, always winning. By the time you notice ‘Next’ picking up speed, it’s rushing along so fast you’ll be completely defenseless when it rips your heart right out.”
The Los Angeles Times added that it is: “Wildly inventive, stunning … ‘Next’ is sui generis — an essential piece of American literature that is both of its time and ultimately without present compare.”
“Backseat Driver will be published in “Ghosts Coming Home: Contemporary Ghost Stories from Michigan,” edited by Laura Kasischke and Keith Taylor, due from Wayne State University Press in 2011.
He lives in Austin, Texas. Visit him online at www.jameshynes.com.
