John Wray presents Gone to the Wolves, ft. Marlon James

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A reading, discussion, Q&A, and book signing for John Wray's newest novel, Gone to the Wolves, ft. award-winning author Marlon James

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P&amp;T Knitwear is pleased to welcome John Wray for a reading of his newest book, Gone to the Wolves, along with a discussion, audience Q&amp;A, and book signing. “A wild somersault of a book with pitch perfect humor and pitch black darkness” (Catherine Lacey, author of Biography of X ), award-winning author John Wray dives deep into the wild, risky world of heavy metal in the 1980s and '90s in "a love letter to metal that captures both its brutal kinetics and its nearness to the sublime." (Raven Leilani, author of Luster) John will be joined in conversation by Marlon James, author of the New York Times bestseller Black Leopard, Red Wolf.<h2><a href="https://www.ptknitwear.com/item/f10yIDkbWsucnwpooxiu2w" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">RESERVE YOUR SIGNED COPY OF GONE TO THE WOLVES</a></h2>AVAILABLE TO SHIP MOST PLACESKip, Leslie, and Kira are outliers—even in the metal scene they love. In arch-conservative Gulf Coast Florida in the late 1980s, just listening to metal can get you arrested, but for the three of them the risk is well worth it, because metal is what leads them to one another.Different as they are, Kip, Leslie, and Kira form a family of sorts that proves far safer, and more loving, than the families they come from. Together, they make the pilgrimage from Florida's swamp country to the fabled Sunset Strip in Hollywood. But in time, the delicate equilibrium they've found begins to crumble. Leslie moves home to live with his elderly parents; Kip struggles to find his footing in the sordid world of LA music journalism; and Kira, the most troubled of the three, finds herself drawn to ever darker and more extreme strains of metal. On a trip to northern Europe for her twenty-second birthday, in the middle of a show, she simply vanishes. Two years later, the truth about her disappearance reunites Kip with Leslie, who in order to bring Kira home alive must make greater sacrifices than they could ever have imagined.In his most absorbing and ambitious novel yet, John Wray dives deep into the wild, funhouse world of heavy metal and death cults in the 1980s and '90s. Gone to the Wolves lays bare the intensity, tumult, and thrill of friendship in adolescence — a time when music can often feel like life or death.<ul><li>This is a free in-store event with limited amphitheater-style seating</li><li>We encourage all guests to wear masks.</li><li>The talk will be followed by a book signing. Books signed at P&amp;T Knitwear events must be purchased from P&amp;T Knitwear. If you would like a signed copy and cannot attend the event, we're happy to take your pre-order. We ship most places!</li></ul><h3>P﻿RAISE FOR GONE TO THE WOLVES</h3><blockquote>“John Wray delves so deep into rock ‘n’ roll’s heart of darkness that it’s a wonder he made it out alive. There’s never been a novel like this.” — Marlon James, author of Moon Witch, Spider King</blockquote><blockquote>“Riveting and electric. Wray’s brilliant new novel is both a page-turner and an elegant meditation on how far we’d go for our allegiances.” — Emily St. John Mandel, author of Station Eleven</blockquote><blockquote>“A hair-raising, head-banging, meet-the-Devil epic tale of love, youth and rock and roll. Get in the car and go for a ride: Gone to the Wolves is one hell of a good time.” — Andrew Sean Greer, Pulitzer Prize winning author of Less Is Lost</blockquote><h3>ABOUT THE AUTHOR</h3><a href="http://www.johnwray.net/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">John Wray</a> is the author of <a href="https://www.ptknitwear.com/item/pAG4rDFNcoy4gXOh7oeWGQ" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Godsend</a>, The Lost Time Accidents, <a href="https://www.ptknitwear.com/item/kFvBjdPm05E4oDU7DLd_nA" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Lowboy</a>, <a href="https://www.ptknitwear.com/item/HmJy8yFFTGJsqtzUkS9nYg" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Canaan’s Tongue</a>, and <a href="https://www.ptknitwear.com/item/S6NCa9e-oAX2vKlYeWUbjg" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">The Right Hand of Sleep</a>, and most recently, <a href="https://www.ptknitwear.com/item/f10yIDkbWsucnwpooxiu2w" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Gone to the Wolves</a>. He has written about music for The New York Times Magazine, Esquire, and Spin. The recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, a Whiting Award, a Cullman Fellowship from the New York Public Library, and a Mary Ellen von der Heyden Fellowship from the American Academy in Berlin, he was named one of Granta’s Best Young American Novelists in 2007. <h3>ABOUT THE MODERATOR </h3><a href="https://marlonjameswriter.com/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Marlon James</a> was born in Jamaica in 1970. He is the author of the New York Times bestseller <a href="https://www.ptknitwear.com/item/rC8Hn_GwKfSbPsV17aS6aw" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Black Leopard, Red Wolf</a>, which was a finalist for the National Book Award for fiction in 2019. His novel <a href="https://www.ptknitwear.com/item/Fudr3xWxvfW2x7XAk1gKSQ" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">A Brief History of Seven Killings</a> won the 2015 Man Booker Prize. It was also a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award and won the OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature for fiction, the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award for fiction, and the Minnesota Book Award. It was also a New York Times Notable Book. James is also the author of <a href="https://www.ptknitwear.com/item/Vsar-6_KfKsG9iax4a_Edw" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">The Book of Night Women</a>, which won the 2010 Dayton Literary Peace Prize and the Minnesota Book Award, and was a finalist for the 2010 National Book Critics Circle Award in fiction and an NAACP Image Award. His first novel, <a href="https://www.ptknitwear.com/item/p1msxGI7rJFG4JiC1FPpYw" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">John Crow’s Devil</a>, was a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for first fiction and the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize, and was a New York Times Editors’ Choice. James divides his time between Minnesota and New York.

John Wray presents Gone to the Wolves, ft. Marlon James

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