Brian Doyle, Author, Mary Miller Doyle, Illustrator . Oregon State Univ. $18.95 (208p) ISBN 978-0-87071-093-3
Take the red hills of Oregon's Willamette Valley, a father-son winemaking outfit and one madcap wordsmith on a quest for the world's finest pinot noir. Let them ferment, and you've got a charming look inside the operations at Don and...
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Brian Doyle, Author Bradbury Press $10.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-02-733210-0
Tommy, alias ""Lamont Cranston, the Shadow,'' and his friends Killer Bodnoff and CoCo Laframboise try to discover the man who assaulted Sammy Rosenberg's father. Tommy and Sammy are best friends, but in Lowertown, Ottawa, religion is what matters....
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Brian Doyle, Author Saint Mary's Press $9.95 (123p) ISBN 978-0-88489-622-7
Asked by a friend why he was Catholic, Doyle, editor of Portland magazine, cited among his reasons ""the enticing power of the story."" Doyle's appreciation of story as the expression and vehicle of faith is evident throughout this small volume, a...
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Brian Doyle, Author . Groundwood $18.95 (161p) ISBN 978-0-88899-588-9
The cherubic-looking boy on the cover of Canadian author Doyle's (Uncle Ronald
) latest effort belies the emotional weight of this moving and often disturbing tale. Martin O'Boy lives in Canada in the waning years of WW II, with his parents...
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Brian Doyle. ACTA Publications (www.actapublications.com), $14.95 trade paper (160p) ISBN 978-0-87946-434-9
After the release of his first novel (Mink River) last year, Doyle, editor of the award-winning Portland Magazine at the University of Portland in Oregon, returns to the finely honed nature writing and memoir that three times earned him inclusion in
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Brian Doyle. Red Hen Press, $17.95 trade paper (160p) ISBN 978-1-59709-915-8
The title of Doyle's third collection of (often very) short stories reflects his humorous approach to topics such as terrorism, religion, and infidelity. Conveying more sentiment and humor in a few paragraphs than many writers do over several pages,
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Brian Doyle, Author . Paraclete $17.95 (186p) ISBN 978-1-55725-405-4
Nine years ago the author's wife gave birth to twin boys. One was entirely normal, but the other was missing a chamber in his heart. At five months and again at 18 months, Liam had open-heart surgery. Someday he will need a heart transplant, but
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Brian Doyle. St. Martin’s/Dunne, $24.99 (320p) ISBN 978-1-250-03477-9
The latest from Oregonian literary luminary Doyle (Mink River) is an uncomfortable mix of nautical exactitude and magical realist plotting. Declan O’Donnell, a middle-aged fisherman in contemporary Oregon with nothing to tie him to the land, decides
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Brian Doyle. Ave Maria/Sorin, $15.95 trade paper (192p) ISBN 978-1-933495-62-0\t
Doyle is an underappreciated writer with a slew of books (Mink River, The Plover, Grace Notes) and distinctions to his name, and this literary prayer book will enhance his reputation as a writer more people should read. He offers one hundred prayers
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Brian Doyle. St. Martin’s/Dunne, $25.99 (240p) ISBN 978-1-250-10052-8
If fans of Robert Louis Stevenson want to read Doyle’s latest novel, they should not be misled by the word “adventures” in the title. The book is actually a subtle contemplation, told through the eyes of a young Stevenson, as he passes a year at a...
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Brian Doyle. Little, Brown, $27 (272p) ISBN 978-0-316-49289-8
The life and work of Doyle (A Book of Uncommon Prayer), the late writer and long-serving editor of Portland Magazine, are honored with this fine collection of his essays. Longtime friend and writer David James Duncan (The Brothers K) begins with an...
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