Fiction. Set in a dream-like European city reminiscent of Barcelona, along a boulevard teeming with artists who perform as living statues, comes the beautiful and frightening story of a man running from his past, a woman consumed by grief, and the forces that pursue them both. A love story related in the dark, stylish noir of continental cinema and overlaid with a patina of surrealism, this is a novel where friends are also informers, street theater is the lifeblood of culture, and refuge can be found in the belly of a yellow, papier mache submarine.

Author City: BOULDER, CO USA

Called "one of the most talented young writers on the American scene today" by Paul Auster, Laird Hunt is the author of four genre-bending novels and was a finalist for the 2010 PEN Center USA Award. Born in Singapore and educated at Indiana University and the Sorbonne in Paris, Hunt has lived in Tokyo, London, The Hague, New York, and on an Indiana farm. A former press officer at the United Nations and current faculty member at the University of Denver, he now lives in Boulder, Colorado.

Reviews and Other Links
http://newyork.timeout.com/articles/books/77759/laird-hunt-ray-of-the-star-book-review
http://identitytheory.com/lit/dixon_ray.php
http://htmlgiant.com/?p=14676#more-14676
http://chicago.timeout.com/articles/books/77847/laird-hunt-ray-of-the-star-book-review
http://www.lairdhunt.net/
http://quarterlyconversation.com/ray-of-the-star-by-laird-hunt
http://www.bookforum.com/inprint/016_04/4685