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In 1970s America, two characters struggle for ultimate
control ... one for a life he can scarcely imagine,
the other for the only life he has ever known.
From author Squire Babcock comes the story of a pilgrimage
into a deep and personal hell ... and the journey back.
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MEDIA
HIGHLIGHTS
Louisville native and author
Squire Babcock talks to Good Morning Kentucky's Chris
Dietz about his novel The King of Gaheena.
See
the video.
See
Squire Babcock on Nashville Public Television's "A
Word On Words" with John Seigenthaler. Podcast.
Go
to Squire's Calendar page
for a complete lineup of media events.
REVIEWS
In
"Reviewer's Bookwatch,"
by Michael J. Carson, July 2009
In
"Library Thing", May 14, 2009
In "Book
Review 2008."
Emerging
Writers Network, December 2008
"In
the cards."
Kentucky
Monthly, November 2008
"Potent
tale of guilt, shame, class, and violence."
Amazon, October 2008
IN THE PRESS
"Local
art worthy of mighty praise."
Evansville
Courier-Press
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for The King of Gaheena
 "..a
fascinating and complex novel..rich and vivid..lush
and evocative." - Robert Olen Butler
"...inheritance
freighted with entitlement and grief, violence
and blind need, and surprising moments of wonder."
- Nancy Reisman
"...rich in atmosphere and vibrating
with suspense." - Leah Stewart
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