The highly anticipated return of Tony Earley, celebrated author of Jim the Boy 

 

Two decades after his debut collection Here We Are in Paradise (LB, 2/94) heralded Tony Earley as one of the most accomplished writers of his generation, the rueful, bittersweet, and riotous stories of Mr. Tall reestablish him as a mythmaker and tale spinner of the first rank. These stories introduce us not only to ordinary people seeking to live extraordinary lives, but also to the skunk ape (a southern variant of Bigfoot), the ghost of Jesse James, and a bone-tired Jack the Giant Killer. Whether it's Appalachia, Nashville, the Carolina Coast, or a make-believe land of talking dogs, each world Earley creates is indelible.

Mr. Tall: A Novella and Stories
by Tony Earley

• Publication Date: August 26, 2014
• Genres: Fiction, Mythology, Short Stories
• Hardcover: 256 pages
• Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
• ISBN-10: 0316246123
• ISBN-13: 9780316246125