The Hickory Stick Bookshop is delighted to host Connecticut author Brendan Flaherty who will be here to sign copies of his new book “The Dredge” on Saturday May 4th at 3 pm.

ABOUT THE BOOK
In Flaherty’s debut novel, two estranged brothers must confront the violence of the past when they find out a pond where they played as children will be dredged.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Connecticut’s 6th or 7th best writer since Mark Twain. Brendan Flaherty is from outside Hartford. He went to Washington University in St. Louis and received his MFA from Boston University. He lives with his wife and two sons. “The Dredge” is his debut novel.

PRAISE FOR THE BOOK
“’The Dredge’ probes the conventional American myth: the past can be reformed and even suppressed so that one can turn a new page in the American Eden and become a new Adam or Eve. The intense story dramatizes how the past always shapes and determines the main characters’ quotidian existence and mental activities. An ambitious, splendid debut.”– Ha Jin, National Book Award winning author of Waiting

“Flaherty writes with stealthy acuity, his prose seemingly simple yet full of coiled power. Multiple hauntings emerge in ‘The Dredge, ‘ and you’ll be contemplating them after the last page.”–Sarah Weinman, The New York Times

“Two brothers with a secret and a woman with a job to do (and traumas of her own to reckon with) converge at the site of a Connecticut pond scheduled to be dredged, in this powerful new novel. Flaherty deftly conjures up an atmosphere of dread and suspense, with all roads leading to the pond, and all concerns pointing toward what lies at its bottom. This is an assured, compulsively readable debut.”–Dwyer Murphy, CrimeReads

Author photograph – Luke Wayne Photography

This event is free and open to the public. If you are unable to attend this event, you may reserve signed copies of “The Dredge” by calling The Hickory Stick Bookshop at (860) 868 0525, or shop our website 24/7 at www.hickorystickbookshop.com.

The Hickory Stick Bookshop
2 Green Hill Rd
Washington Depot
CT 06794
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