James Grady — American Sky
August 2, 2025
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August 2, 2025
James Grady — American Sky
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<p>For the teenaged Luc, his days are preoccupied with the daily dramas of high school. President John F. Kennedy's assassination seems a world away. But the winds of history find their way to his small Montana town as marijuana clouds rise in the hallways and the notices of neighborhood young men "Killed in Action" in Vietnam keep arriving at an increasing rate.</p><p>Acclaimed novelist James Grady's <em>American Sky </em>brings to life the world of a young man who is caught in the nexus of vast social change. From blue-collar life in the heartland to Kent State and the Civil Rights movement, <em>American Sky </em>is a sweeping narrative that builds to a crime that threatens to tear Luc's world apart. Previously compared to Larry McMurtry, George Orwell, Harper Lee, and Bob Dylan, James Grady explores Bruce Springsteen's generation and has crafted an action-filled and timeless story destined to become a classic.</p><p><br /></p><p>PURCHASE: https://politics-prose.com/book/9781639369218?ic_referral=MPab76b16iQrCF2SnwBXYxxem6hAqbgdMpjQngx2Mf0wM74cnxZ6gHLGZflHRq4k-1n-ACoC2LH-313A-qfRQyS0Ai3cF4_th-vuKcCSpeHFbQ6vD7-tyy5NpF_bKwmOXL6ubuQ</p><p><br /></p><p><strong>James Grady</strong>'s first novel <em>Six Days Of The Condor</em> became the classic Robert Redford movie <em>Three Days Of The Condor</em> and the current Max Irons TV series <em>Condor</em>. Grady has received Italy's Raymond Chandler Award, France's <em>Grand Prix Du Roman Noir, </em>Japan's <em>Baka-Misu</em> literature award, two <em>Regardie's </em>magazine short story awards, and been a Mystery Writers of America Edgar finalist. He's published more than a dozen novels and three times that many short stories, been a muckraker journalist, and a scriptwriter for film and television. In 2008, London's <em>Daily Telegraph</em> named Grady as one of the "50 crime writers to read before you die." In 2015, <em>The Washington Post</em> compared his prose to George Orwell and Bob Dylan.</p><p></p>
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