A Chicago native, Dave Boling has been a journalist in the Pacific Northwest since 1980. Prior to that, he worked as a logger, iron-worker, boat-builder, bartender, bouncer, short-order cook, painter and college football coach. He lives on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington State.
"Boling threads his way through the stories of his many characters
with humor, compassion and rich details of Basque tradition...
Moving." - "Washington Post Book World""Boling breathes life into a
flash point in history and creates an endearing and tragic drama
that feels relevant today. "Guernica" is an ambitious debut by a
writer whose daring imagination and seamless prose transports us to
an extraordinary time and place." -Jim Lynch, author of "The
Highest Tide""Ambitious...A moving tale of courage and resilience
that celebrates the history of an embattled culture while depicting
in persuasive detail the communal and representative experiences of
a single extended Basque family...The Ansoteguis' indomitable will
to live is memorably symbolized by the beloved Tree of Guernica--a
commanding image shown in Pablo Picasso's eponymous mural, whose
conception and creation are also part of this absorbing
story...[T]his is a very good novel indeed--and a crucial reminder
that genocidal folly is never as far away from us as we might
wish."--"Kirkus Reviews""Boling's portrait of the Guernica tragedy
is vivid, as is his illustration of the Basque people's
oppression....[S]killful with characters and dialogue, possessing a
great sense of timing and humor."--"Publishers Weekly""A family
saga set against the destruction of the Basque town of Guernica in
1937... Enhanced by Boling's knowledge of Basque culture, this is a
convincing fictionalization of an infamous act of
war."--"Booklist"
"Boling breathes life into a flash point in history and creates an
endearing and tragic drama that feels relevant today. "Guernica" is
an ambitious debut by a writer whose daring imagination and
seamless prose transports us to an extraordinary time and place."
-Jim Lynch, author of "The Highest Tide""Ambitious...A moving tale
of courage and resilience that celebrates the history of an
embattled culture while depicting in persuasive detail the communal
and representative experiences of a single extended Basque
family...The Ansoteguis' indomitable will to live is memorably
symbolized by the beloved Tree of Guernica--a commanding image
shown in Pablo Picasso's eponymous mural, whose conception and
creation are also part of this absorbing story...[T]his is a very
good novel indeed--and a crucial reminder that genocidal folly is
never as far away from us as we might wish."--"Kirkus
Reviews""Boling's portrait of the Guernica tragedy is vivid, as is
his illustration of the Basque people's oppression....[S]killful
with characters and dialogue, possessing a great sense of timing
and humor."--"Publishers Weekly""A family saga set against the
destruction of the Basque town of Guernica in 1937... Enhanced by
Boling's knowledge of Basque culture, this is a convincing
fictionalization of an infamous act of war."--"Booklist"
"Boling breathes life into a flash point in history and creates an endearing and tragic drama that feels relevant today. "Guernica" is an ambitious debut by a writer whose daring imagination and seamless prose transports us to an extraordinary time and place." -Jim Lynch, author of "The Highest Tide"
"Ambitious...A moving tale of courage and resilience that celebrates the history of an embattled culture while depicting in persuasive detail the communal and representative experiences of a single extended Basque family...The Ansoteguis' indomitable will to live is memorably symbolized by the beloved Tree of Guernica--a commanding image shown in Pablo Picasso's eponymous mural, whose conception and creation are also part of this absorbing story...[T]his is a very good novel indeed--and a crucial reminder that genocidal folly is never as far away from us as we might wish."--"Kirkus Reviews""Boling's portrait of the Guernica tragedy is vivid, as is his illustration of the Basque people's oppression....[S]killful with characters and dialogue, possessing a great sense of timing and humor."--"Publishers Weekly""A family saga set against the destruction of the Basque town of Guernica in 1937... Enhanced by Boling's knowledge of Basque culture, this is a convincing fictionalization of an infamous act of war."--"Booklist"
"Boling breathes life into a flash point in history and creates an endearing and tragic drama that feels relevant today. "Guernica" is an ambitious debut by a writer whose daring imagination and seamless prose transports us to an extraordinary time and place." -Jim Lynch, author of "The Highest Tide""Ambitious...A moving tale of courage and resilience that celebrates the history of an embattled culture while depicting in persuasive detail the communal and representative experiences of a single extended Basque family...The Ansoteguis' indomitable will to live is memorably symbolized by the beloved Tree of Guernica--a commanding image shown in Pablo Picasso's eponymous mural, whose conception and creation are also part of this absorbing story...[T]his is a very good novel indeed--and a crucial reminder that genocidal folly is never as far away from us as we might wish."--"Kirkus Reviews""Boling's portrait of the Guernica tragedy is vivid, as is his illustration of the Basque people's oppression....[S]killful with characters and dialogue, possessing a great sense of timing and humor."--"Publishers Weekly""A family saga set against the destruction of the Basque town of Guernica in 1937... Enhanced by Boling's knowledge of Basque culture, this is a convincing fictionalization of an infamous act of war."--"Booklist"
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