Review
"
Mount Terminus is serious and funny, singular and rousing: a strange and memorable American monument in prose. It begins formidably and keeps growing. Best of all, it will bring David Grand into full recognition as one of the major writers working today." —Darin Strauss, author of
Chang and Eng and
Half a Life"
Mount Terminus is a spellbinding, atmospheric epic from a writer at the top of his game. It’s a story layered with transformations: Bloom’s blossoming into an artist, the California desert’s urbanization, and, brilliantly, the photograph’s development into the moving image.
Mount Terminus is cinematic in scope and narrative: a richly imagined masterpiece brought to you in GRANDVISION™." —Wesley Stace, author of
Misfortune and
Charles Jessold, Considered as a Murderer"Few novels set in motion an entire world, as this one does an imagined Los Angeles.
Mount Terminus is as mercurial, witty, and sad as the best silent film. With his beautifully measured and stylish prose, David Grand has managed to create a rare story that is both epic and intimate, both intelligent and full of heart. I won’t ever forget the pure joy of Bloom the artist, alone as he is in this lost, majestic landscape." —Rene Steinke, author of
The Fires and
Holy Skirts"I look to David Grand not just as a fellow writer but as a master of his craft.
Mount Terminus is dark, elegant, and rich, his best book to date. It is also one of the finest, most elegiac novels about California I’ve ever read." —Gary Shteyngart, author of
The Russian Debutante's Handbook and
Super Sad True Love StoryAbout the Author
David Grand is the author of Louse and The Disappearing Body. He lives in Brooklyn with his wife and twin sons.
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