· "What you need is a way in," the scrappy motorcycle stuntman Evel Knievel tells an "adoring nation" in Shawn Vestal's powerful novel, Daredevils, which opens amid the canyons and deserts of the American West in the sun-streaked '70s, during the dying days of the Nixon administration and the last months of the Vietnam War. Although Knievel is concerned with personal, not national, Brand: Penguin Publishing Group. Daredevils: Book summary and reviews of Daredevils by Shawn Vestal. Summary | Reviews | More Information | More Books. Daredevils. by Shawn Vestal. X. Critics' Opinion: Readers' rating: Not Yet Rated. Published in USA Apr pages Genre: Novels Publication Information. Debut. Rate this book. Write a Review. “Shawn Vestal’s seductive Daredevils is part American Dream and part American Gothic. Gold, lust, cults, polygamy, broken bones, broken hearts, and the yearning for a possibly fatal freedom drive this book, which shares a few features with its character of Evel Knievel: it is lean, fierce, and dangerous. Read it with care.”.
Shawn Vestal is smart. He's so smart he could write Daredevils, which is about three daredevil kids on the run, two of the daredevil bad guys they're on the run from, and Evel Knievel, who was the quintessential iconic daredevil of the United States in the www.doorway.ru figures just enough in this story to be real. Or almost. One of the best episodes () in this book comprised of sharp, quick. "Daredevils" by Shawn Vestal (Penguin) Jon Michaud is a novelist and the head librarian at the Center for Fiction. Daredevils. By Shawn Vestal. Penguin. pp. $ Shawn Vestal made his literary debut with Godforsaken Idaho, a story collection that won the PEN Robert W. Bingham Prize and was shortlisted for the Saroyan Prize.A graduate of the Eastern Washington University MFA program, his stories have appeared in Tin House, Ecotone, McSweeney's, The Southern Review and other journals. He writes a column for The Spokesman-Review in Spokane.
Spokane writer Shawn Vestal’s first novel, “Daredevils,” is a gripping coming-of-age story set in the heart of a rural, fundamentalist Mormon culture. By. Tim McNulty. Special to The Seattle. ‘Daredevils,’ by Shawn Vestal. Caroline Leavitt. April 7, Facebook Twitter Email. 3. 1 of 3 Show More Show Less 2 of 3 Shawn Vestal Dan Pelle Photo 3/28/ DAN PELLE Show More Show Less. Shawn Vestal, the PEN Robert W. Bingham award-winning author of the short story collection Godforsaken Idaho, once again discovers life in the bleakness of the American Midwest with his novel Daredevils. The book begins in the summer of in Short Creek, Arizona, where fifteen-year-old Loretta rebels against her fundamentalist Mormon community by sneaking out at night with her Gentile boyfriend, Bradshaw.
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