Williams, David

Making his fiction debut, Williams (The Strawberry Church) has written a quiet, ideas-focused dystopian novel that will stay with readers long after they have turned the final page. [A July LibraryReads Pick.]

Written as if an old rhythm-and-blues song had come to life, this story and its characters seem somewhat one dimensional. Yet the novel does have an easy charm and readability, and should appeal to lovers of old songs, blues myths, and vintage guitars.