John McNally's Coming to Town

Just received this email from John McNally (The Book of Ralph):

Dear Various and Assorted People Who've Signed Up On This Mailing List:

First, thanks for signing up on this mailing list. As you've no doubt noticed, you receive updates, on average, once every twelve to eighteen months. Well, it's time for yet another of those all-too-infrequent updates.

I'm writing today to let you know that I have a new novel, AMERICA'S REPORT CARD, coming out in July, to be published by the same folks who brought you RALPH. If you click on the link above, you'll notice that my Amazon Sales Rank is a whopping ZERO. NONE yesterday, NONE today! Well, that's okay. There's no photo of the book yet, no reviews posted, nothing. That's why I'm sharing with you the first two blurbs below. I'll send more info about my BOOK TOUR as it comes available, but it appears that I'll be spending time in Chicago, Iowa City, Milwaukee, Bellingham (WA), Seattle, Portland, San Francisco, and L.A., as well as several North Carolina signings (Asheville, Winston-Salem, and so on). If you want me to visit your neighborhood, go to your bookstore every day for the next month and talk loudly about me and my new book, and what a crying shame it is that I'm not visiting your city. Who knows. Maybe they'll call my publisher and book me.

Okay, enough ridiculousness. Thanks for your past support of RALPH, and I hope you like the new book. If I'm in your neighborhood this summer, stop by and say hello. I'll send another email before I hit the road.

Cheers, John McNally

ADVANCED PRAISE FOR AMERICA'S REPORT CARD

“It has been a long time since I’ve been so excited, provoked and haunted by a novel as I have been by America’s Report Card. I want to run out and buy multiple copies--for my kids’ teachers, my co-workers...even my stupid senator. I flat-out can't wait to talk about this book, which is a brilliant, laugh-out loud satire of contemporary American life with a tender, angry heart and enormous compassion for the little guy. You’ve got to read it. John McNally is emerging as one of the best American writers of the new century.”

--Dan Chaon, author of You Remind Me of Me and Among the Missing

“In America's Report Card, John McNally takes on domestic espionage, the American school system, and the mutative nature of love. Brilliantly written, McNally's unblinking novel is an earnest and hilarious portrayal of the American psyche at its worst and its best.”

-- Erika Krouse, author of Come Up and See Me Sometime

I thoroughly enjoyed Ralph, and it looks like this new one moves well beyond the coming-of-age realm. Really looking forward to it.