The Fire Gospels
Published on 5. December 2023
198 pages
978-1-950539-54-3 (ISBN)
Description
The Fire Gospels takes place in the McCutcheon River Valley during a long-standing drought. Through characters like Grady McCann, a hardworking maintenance man at an old folks' home; his wife, Erica, a strangely evangelical Catholic; and Lucky Littlefield, the local weatherman turned preacher who enjoins his viewers to "pray for rain" at the beginning of each broadcast, The Fire Gospels tells in vivid detail the story of the draught and how the townspeople are seduced into believing that Lucky will pull them through their time of struggle.
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Mike Magnuson is the author of two novels, The Right Man for the Job and The Fire Gospels; two memoirs, Lummox: The Evolution of a Man and Heft on Wheels: A Field Guide to Doing a 180; and book of cycling humor, Bike Tribes: A Field Guide to North American Cyclists. His stories and essays have appeared in Salon, Esquire, Gentleman's Quarterly, The Massachusetts Review, Men's Health, Bicycling, Backpacker, Popular Mechanics, The Big Smoke, Best American Sports Writing, and other publications. Mike lives on the north shore of Lake Winnebago, in Menasha, Wisconsin, where he is finishing on two long books and playing drums professionally. He teaches in the M.F.A. Program in Creative Writing at Pacific University.
