Five weeks until the release date.

May 1st is five weeks away. What do you suggest I do on that day?
If you have any suggestions, write me.

I have three (3) signed copies remaining.
The rest have been reserved, paid for, packaged and are ready to ship.

To reserve a signed copy, refer to this post below: Quick Link

Or you can pre-order (for a few bucks less) a copy at B&N

all best wishes,

Bob

Review at Three Guys One Book

Reviewed by Jason Chambers of Three Guys One Book (3G1B)

The thing is, reading this book, even at it’s darkest places, you can see Bob Thurber’s fingerprints. He’s so sharp – especially at short fiction – that he writes short burning chapters from which you can’t tear away. He slugs you right in the gut without any maudlin posturing – you’ll probably ask for more. Raw and horrific throughout, but genuinely funny in places, Paperboy is a fine first novel, if hard to bear.

Read the entire review here...

And while you're there browse the site. 3G1B is full of good things.

A reader's comments:

The reader of an advance copy of Paperboy: A Dysfunctional Novel recently sent me this note:

I finished Paperboy this morning, and I'm stunned.  There is so much beauty and ugliness in it.  Your writing, is that of a craftsman, an artist, and speaks of truths that few have the courage to admit.  The plight of your protagonist is heartbreaking and gut wrenching, so very sad and disturbing.  A loveless world (not that your novel is devoid of love) is a terribly horrific imagining, and for some an all too real existence.  Your story moved me, took me to places I didn't want to go, fought and tore at my insides like a panther attempting to claw his way free from my gullet.  Don't ever doubt your talents as a skilled practitioner of your art.  I bare witness to the excellence of your mastery.  Congratulations ...what a terrifying ride...what an amazing journey...you've left me weak in the knees.

(Posted with the permission of JMG. Thank you, sir.)

First Review

I was recently alerted to the first review posted at B&N

"To read Paperboy is to participate in a relationship that is inextricable from the reader’s own reality. We come to realize that we can only be the latest editions of ourselves, built upon what the world has delivered up to that day. The writer, Bob Thurber (a different kind of paperboy, perhaps) has managed to establish that relationship by exacting emotions from his audience with piercing observations that puncture the thin skin of human subjectivity and reach beyond into realms of objective truth."

There's more, before and after. Read the entire review at B&N - LINK