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Biographical note
William Boyle is from Brooklyn, New York. His debut novel, Gravesend, was published as #1,000 in the Rivages/Noir collection in France, shortlisted for the Prix Polar SNCF, nominated for the Grand Prix de Littérature Policière and shortlisted for the CWA John Creasey New Blood Dagger. Boyle is also the author of the Hammett Prize-nominated The Lonely Witness (No Exit Press), a book of short stories, Death Don't Have No Mercy and another novel, Tout est Brisè, released in France by Gallmeister. A Friend is a Gift You Give Yourself was published to enormous praise, it was an Amazon Best Book in 2019. He lives in Oxford, Mississippi.<em>'Gravesend</em> is a dark and gritty novel which delves deep into the soul, examining the spiralling nature of revenge, anger and excess. I wholeheartedly recommend it to all literary crime fans'
- Colin, The Book Spine
Gravesend is a book that hits you in the guts the same wayDavid Goodis or Charles Willeford's books do. Boyle'smining that dark edge of America where no one is safe, noteven from themselves. A dark ride but a seriously great ride
- Willy Vlautin, author of The Motel Life, Northline, Lean on Pete, and The Free,
William Boyle's <em>Gravesend</em> is a bruiser and a heartbreaker of a debut. With echoes of Lehane and Pelecanos but with a rhythm and poignancy all its own, it's a gripping tale of family, revenge, the strains of the past and the losses that never leave us
- Megan Abbott, author of Dare Me, The End of Everything, Queenpin, The Song is You, and Die A Little,
Boyle drives the novel with much local colour and energy... he delivers a gripping good story that has you eagerly turning the pages
The Barcelona Review
Boyle's writing is raw, poetic, unflinching, nostalgic, and perverse. Urgency inhabits his pages, and the characters live on weeks after you put the book down. GRAVESEND is a novel read in a day, and then again, slowly
- Anya Groner, L.A. Review of Books