“The best novel I've read in years, and absolutely the best first novel I've ever read, The Resurrectionist is just magnificent, a masterpiece. Surprising, compelling, moving, shocking, and satisfying.”

--Chris Offutt, author of Kentucky Straight

 

"Matthew Guinn has done something truly extraordinary here; he's written a novel that is not only riveting and beautifully written, but one that dares to step into the long shadow of class and race in this country, a shadow into which Guinn shines a natural-born storyteller's  illuminating light. The Resurrectionist is a stunning debut."

--Andre Dubus III, author of House of Sand and Fog and Townie

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"A spectacular novel that seamlessly connects fact and fiction, past and present. Matthew Guinn is a novelist who possesses that rarest and most underrated of literary gifts--how to tell a story in such a way that the reader surrenders completely to its power."

--Ron Rash, author of Serena and The Cove​

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"I just finished Matthew Guinn's fine new novel The Resurrectionist with a rare sense of excitement. It's relentlessly compelling, thoughtful, intelligent and just plain wise. It's a shame Robert Penn Warren is no longer with us, because this is a book he would love."

--Steve Yarbrough, author of The End of California and Safe From the Neighbors