Cult novelist Christopher Klim wins early raves for latest novel and stunning portrayal of serial arsonist in Everything Burns. (www.ChristopherKlim.com)
March 9, 2004 (Press Release) --
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Cult novelist Christopher Klim, author of the acclaimed novel Jesus Lives in Trenton, is garnering terrific early praise for his follow-up Everything Burns. Delivered through the eyes of a photojournalist, Klim uses his trademark city grit and striking scenarios to track the course of a deadly serial arsonist in Texas. Everything Burns is the product of years of research into the rare compulsive disorder of pyromania.
“It nearly didn’t get published,” says Klim. “In this Taliban-like atmosphere surrounding art, I wasn’t sure the public was open to an honest portrayal of pyromania. I take you inside his thoughts. It’s not pretty.”
Booklist calls it “absording reading,” and BookCrazy Radio says, “Klim employs the same engaging combination of wisecracking characters and dramatic action as seen on MASH and NYPD Blue.” Even tough literary critics like J.E. Price of Circle Magazine claims, “It’s better than its illustrious predecessor. … the bullet train of his prose is even slicker and sexier.”
Klim is no stranger to praise, being compared to such greats John Steinbeck, Dashiell Hammett, and Raymond Carver. “It’s very nice to be compared,” Klim says. “People didn’t know how to explain those authors at first either. I suppose that makes me unique and explains why the corporate publishing industry sometimes has trouble slotting me on the shelves.”
The central character of both novels is photojournalist Boot Means—a resourceful young man who grew up in foster care and attempts to build his name in the news industry. “My intention was to place a marginalized member of society—someone who was abandoned and forgotten as a child—and place him in three diverse scenarios. Each time, he seizes the story that no one else wants, yet becomes the central focus of day-to-day community life. It’s a study of how a town reacts to Boot’s desire to be accepted. Often outsiders are assumed to be criminals. This is what Boot and the arsonist have in common.”
On tour, Klim gives crowded writing and publishing seminars along the east coast and is known for his engaging presentations and fast results as a writing coach. His free resource tool at www.WritersNotes.com boasts thousands of registered members worldwide.
Klim is also the senior editor of the forthcoming Writers Notes Magazine (April 2002)—a magazine of contemporary fiction, essays, interviews, poetry, and visual arts. The first issue includes the results of the annual Writers Notes Book Awards, which seeks excellence in eleven distinct categories of independent publishing.
Find complete author, tour, and publication information at:
www.ChristopherKlim.com
www.WritersNotes.com
Cult novelist Christopher Klim, author of the acclaimed novel Jesus Lives in Trenton, is garnering terrific early praise for his follow-up Everything Burns. Delivered through the eyes of a photojournalist, Klim uses his trademark city grit and striking scenarios to track the course of a deadly serial arsonist in Texas. Everything Burns is the product of years of research into the rare compulsive disorder of pyromania.
“It nearly didn’t get published,” says Klim. “In this Taliban-like atmosphere surrounding art, I wasn’t sure the public was open to an honest portrayal of pyromania. I take you inside his thoughts. It’s not pretty.”
Booklist calls it “absording reading,” and BookCrazy Radio says, “Klim employs the same engaging combination of wisecracking characters and dramatic action as seen on MASH and NYPD Blue.” Even tough literary critics like J.E. Price of Circle Magazine claims, “It’s better than its illustrious predecessor. … the bullet train of his prose is even slicker and sexier.”
Klim is no stranger to praise, being compared to such greats John Steinbeck, Dashiell Hammett, and Raymond Carver. “It’s very nice to be compared,” Klim says. “People didn’t know how to explain those authors at first either. I suppose that makes me unique and explains why the corporate publishing industry sometimes has trouble slotting me on the shelves.”
The central character of both novels is photojournalist Boot Means—a resourceful young man who grew up in foster care and attempts to build his name in the news industry. “My intention was to place a marginalized member of society—someone who was abandoned and forgotten as a child—and place him in three diverse scenarios. Each time, he seizes the story that no one else wants, yet becomes the central focus of day-to-day community life. It’s a study of how a town reacts to Boot’s desire to be accepted. Often outsiders are assumed to be criminals. This is what Boot and the arsonist have in common.”
On tour, Klim gives crowded writing and publishing seminars along the east coast and is known for his engaging presentations and fast results as a writing coach. His free resource tool at www.WritersNotes.com boasts thousands of registered members worldwide.
Klim is also the senior editor of the forthcoming Writers Notes Magazine (April 2002)—a magazine of contemporary fiction, essays, interviews, poetry, and visual arts. The first issue includes the results of the annual Writers Notes Book Awards, which seeks excellence in eleven distinct categories of independent publishing.
Find complete author, tour, and publication information at:
www.ChristopherKlim.com
www.WritersNotes.com
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