Kings County is a thrilling and persuasive read.”. “With Tom Wolfean sociological precision, David Goodwillie casts an insider’s eye on the Brooklyn creative class in a gripping novel as suspenseful as it is panoramic. Kings County is a grand, galloping ride.”. · By David Goodwillie. It’s been unexpectedly heartbreaking to read the latest novel from David Goodwillie, Kings County, a down-and-dirty ode to New York City, during this current summer of lockdowns and urban escape strategies. Goodwillie guides his young, reckless, hard-working characters through the ins and outs of the early s Brooklyn Estimated Reading Time: 7 mins. · Kings County by David Goodwillie, is set in the early s and around the Occupy Wall Street time period. We meet Audrey Benton, a young woman in her twenties, trying to make it in Brooklyn. When first moving to NYC, many move into Brooklyn then get multiple jobs along with multiple roommates all to make ends www.doorway.rus: 7.
David Goodwillie leans heavily on nostalgic sentimentality to carry his literary mystery novel, Kings County, but the suspense-driven plot flounders [Theo's father] is a one-dimensional cliche of red America, a caricature rather than a character. Kings County. The following is excerpted from David Goodwillie's new novel, Kings County. Goodwillie is the author of the novel American Subversive, a New York Times Notable Book of the Year, and the memoir Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time. Goodwillie has written for the New York Times, New York magazine, and Newsweek, among other publications. Kings County David Goodwillie. Avid Reader, $28 (p) ISBN Buy this book. Goodwillie (American Subversive) dully resurrects the New York City of the recent past, when Occupy.
David Goodwillie is the author of the novels Kings County, American Subversive, a New York Times Notable Book of the Year, and the memoir Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time. Goodwillie has written for the New York Times, New York magazine, and Newsweek, among other publications. He has also been drafted to play professional baseball, worked as a private investigator, and was an expert at Sotheby’s auction house. “Dazzling writing, propulsive storytelling, relevant and timeless characters—that’s exactly what David Goodwillie has accomplished in Kings County. He’s created a true urban tableau, at once gritty and hopeful. Kings County crystallizes how it feels to be young and in love in New York City.”. In “Kings County,” David Goodwillie examines New York’s most celebrated borough with an uncynical eye.
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