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Title: A Hanging at Cinder Bottom
Author: Glenn Taylor
Narrator: Bill Roberts
Format: Unabridged
Length: 9 hrs and 26 mins
Language: English
Release date: 07-02-15
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Limited
Genres: Fiction, Historical
Publisher's Summary:
From the author of The Ballad of Trenchmouth Taggart and set in the boom years of the West Virginia coalmining industry, this is an epic story of personal ambition, exile and return, and a grand heist.
Keystone, West Virginia, 1910. In the hot August rain, the townspeople gather to witness the first public hanging in over a decade. At the gallows are none other than poker player Abe Baach and his lover, the madam of the towns brothel, one Goldie Toothman.
Abe split town seven years prior and has been playing cards up and down the coast ever since. But when he returns to Keystone to reunite with Goldie and to set the past right, he finds a brother dead and his father's saloon in shambles - and suspects the same men might be responsible for both. Only then, in facing his family's past, does the real swindle begin.
Critic Reviews:
"It's not enough to say Glenn Taylor is a brilliant writer. He's that rarity nowadays, a great storyteller...irresistible. You'll never have a better time at a hanging." (Stewart O'Nan, author of A Prayer for the Dying)
"[A] galloping, defiant epic...a virtuoso performance...vigorous and sincere, located squarely in the tradition of Twain, Faulkner and McCullers." (Guardian)
"Taylor has created a marvellous, jump-off-the-page character...a defiantly incredible creation.... The writing is limber, and the real life it bundles up into its freakish, charismatic character make this a genuine success that admirers of John Irving - and others too - will surely enjoy." (The Independent)
"An energetic romp." (Dazed and Confused)
Members Reviews:
MOVE OVER TOM JONES
The novel opens with two jailed citizens awaiting their hanging. One is a handsome gambling man and the other is his love, a gorgeous and feisty prostitute. Both stand naked and humming in their respective cells. The opening is a hoot and the rest of the story is just as much fun to read. It's a convoluted tale of greed and misdeeds.
Taylor is writing about a real place and relevant WV history and making it sing (or hum, if you will).
This over the top novel is a delight to read and Taylor's writing is spot on. He knows West Virginia and its history. He's super-good at telling a tale.
A thrill a minute!
Glenn Taylorâs new over-the-top caper sparkles with cinematic scenes begging to be transformed into film. A Hanging at Cinder Bottom: A Novel is primarily set in West Virginia coal country with occasional forays into Baltimore. The white-faced monkey depicted on the cover plays a role in a story as entertaining as a three-ring circusâand at times, the author seems to be juggling that many acts at once. The novel might be compared to the movies The Sting or Catch Me If You Can. It also fits the definition of the picaresque novel in the vein of The History of Tom Jones, A Foundling or A Confederacy of Dunces. Taylorâs gifts include an ear for capturing pitch-perfect dialect and creating a detail-rich setting from extensive research.
Hereby Hangs a Hoot of a Tale
Glenn Taylor has out-done himself with this one. His first book "Trenchmouth Taggart" told us, this is one funny guy to follow as he matures. Well, this "Hanging" tale is what we've been waiting for. It's all here, brilliant writing, fine comic plotting, blemished heroes to cheer and despicable villains to hiss -- and no mistaking who is who.
