Beartooth

This taut, compelling novel explores the great outdoors-and a realm of moral uncertainty… A ferociously gripping book * The Economist *An atmospheric and superbly executed drama… The western trope of the strong, self-reliant individual contending with a lyrically described environment and its gnarled human inhabitants, driven by violent impulses and private moral codes, is upturned by Wink’s close, convincing and unsentimental observation of people and nature… An emotionally rich and compelling piece of storytelling * Guardian *At once thoroughly wild and thoroughly intimate. The modest poetry of Callan’s prose does justice both to the beauty of the wilderness and to the complexity of the brothers’ relationship * New Statesman *A dual consciousness - of the sublime and exalted nature of the universe, and of its utter dispassion - flows through the novel * Irish Times *Wink knows his setting inside out… Definitely a writer to stick with * Daily Mail *Tense and gripping * The Gloss *One of the best and fiercest heist stories since A Simple Plan … Beartooth is unstoppable, the literary treasure you’ve been looking for – Junot Diaz, Pulitzer-prize winning author of The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar WaoBeartooth sank its teeth into me. Callan Wink treats nature as a holy altar and a widening mouth, and he writes a story that moves as fast as a bullet down a barrel – Benjamin Percy, author of Red Moon and The Comet CycleI found something to love on every page of Beartooth. Callan Wink is a truly gifted writer – Donald Ray Pollock, author of The Devil All the TimeCallan Wink’s Beartooth blew me away. What begins as propulsively as a finely drawn thriller ultimately resolves itself into something much more profound than that, at times in contact with the ineffable itself. I read it in a single sitting, but I’ll be thinking about it for a long, long time to come – Kevin Powers, author of The Yellow BirdsFerocious, propulsive, elemental - Beartooth is both intimate and epic, a tale in which fellowship, freedom and beautiful wildness are inextricable from savagery, desperation, and brutal realism. This is vital writing, a novel to be celebrated – Colin Walsh, author of Kala

Callan Wink was born in Michigan in 1984 and now lives in Livingstone, Montana, where he is a fly-fishing guide on the Yellowstone River. He has been awarded fellowships by the National Endowment for the Arts and Stanford University, where he was a Wallace Stegner Fellow. His stories and essays appear widely, including in the New Yorker, Granta, Zoetrope, Playboy, Men’s Journal and The Best American Short Stories Anthology. His first book, Dog Run Moon, was shortlisted for the Dylan Thomas Prize and received a PEN/Hemingway Award Honorable Mention, and his first novel August was a Daily Mail book of the year.