Walter Falls [Hardcover]

Steven Gillis (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 2003

Walter Falls was named a finalist for both ForeWord Magazine's Book of the Year and the Independent Publishers Book of the Year for Literary Fiction.

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All author proceeds from the paperback of Walter Falls will go to 826 Michigan, a nonprofit charitable organization Steven Gillis has founded in conjunction with 826 Valencia, and as designed to tutor public school students in reading and writing.

About the Author

Steven Gillis is the author of THE WEIGHT OF NOTHING (Brook Street Press, January 2005) His first novel, WALTER FALLS, was published in May 2003 and went on to be named a finalist for both the 2003 Book of the Year for Literary Fiction by ForeWord Magazine and also a finalist for the Independent Publishers Association 2004 Book of the Year; the only novel to be named a finalist for both awards. Currently at work on a new novel, TEMPORARY PEOPLE, Steve's stories, articles and book reviews have appeared in many journals, including: The Beat, Gargoyle, The Paumanok Review, The Cellar Door, DJN and The Ann Arbor Paper. Steve teaches writing and literature at Eastern Michigan University.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 227 pages
• Publisher: Brook Street Press; 1 edition (May 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0972429506
• ISBN-13: 978-0972429504
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.8 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.9 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,963,149 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A wonderfully mesmerizing first novel, May 11, 2003

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Bob Schwartz (Huntington Woods, MI USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Walter Falls (Hardcover)

Like a relentless force, this debut novel from Steven Gillis compels the reader to become engrossed in the machinations of Walter Brim as he unwittingly, but autonomously, causes his life to rapidly unravel around him.

Steeped in engrossing philosophical dilemmas, Gillis not only presents captivating prose that encircles Walter's ever-dissolving world but he eloquently weaves a story with such emotional force that the reader is consistently confronted with engrossing moral questions.

From consuming devotion and inexorable jealousy to culpability to salvation - - Walter questions his own being in the same fashion that readers will be forced to confront their own.

A wonderful first novel leaves readers waiting for subsequent works. Gillis is a fresh new voice that will be enthusiastically welcomed in the literary world.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A moving saga of the human condition, July 18, 2003

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Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Walter Falls (Hardcover)

Walter Falls by Steven Gillis is an exceptionally well written novel of how greed and jealousy can lead even solid middle-class citizen to his downfall. Yet though the road to redemption is harsh and rocky, it can be traveled - if one has what it takes to make the trek. Walter Falls is highly recommended as a powerful and moving saga of the human condition.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Engrossing, hard to put down, May 22, 2003

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Grace Gillies (San Francisco, CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Walter Falls (Hardcover)

I loved Steven Gillis's novel, Walter Falls! I was immediately drawn into the characters' lives, deceptions, dilemmas and machinations, and found myself questioning my own automatic moral judgments on who is good or evil and why. I found this book hard to put down and a real "page turner." And after finishing it, I found it hard to put the questions raised out of my mind. As with other great literary characters, one wonders, "What happened next? Where is Walter, or Gee, now?"