Arnold Falls by Charlie Suisman

Author Charlie Suisman delivers a home-cooked platter of playful jabs and thoughtful relationships in Arnold Falls, a book about small town life in all of its strange intimacy.

In a place where everyone knows your business, people’s lives and stories collide in wondrous moments of synchronicity and gossip. In the hamlet of Arnold Falls, this seems particularly true, but that’s mostly due to the insightful lens of Suisman’s writing.

Jeebie Walker sits at the center of this tale as a highly original and unpredictable protagonist, but he is also supported by a cavalcade of memorable characters, as quirky locals so often are. With a deft pen, an empathic eye, and a wickedly sharp sense of humor, Suisman brings this tiny world to to vibrant life.

The storylines weave and separate, making it occasionally difficult to see where the tale is headed. However, it is quickly apparent that the plot isn’t the critical point of this book – it is merely the vehicle through which readers are carried through a fantastic setting. The true stars of the prose are the characters, idiosyncratic and original, flawed and memorable and everything in between. The dialogue subtly captures the pace and tone of organic speech, and there is a constant feel of authenticity for this entertaining cast.

An homage to charm, pride, and self-determination in our globalized age, Arnold Falls is a delightful slice of literature.

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