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SAVAGE GODS

“Horrible and brilliant and terribly important. This book is what I’ve been looking for for years, and what I’d hoped never to see.”

—Charles Foster, author of Being a Beast

“Savage Gods is a compromise of a book, veering between inner and outer worlds, shape-shifting from narrative to aphorism to vision. But tidiness is indisposed to containing multitudes, and there’s a price to pay in retaining them. Kingsnorth’s troublesome words do an unexpectedly moving job of capturing the problem of being, and of writing about it.”

—Nina Lyon, The Spectator

“What ultimately makes Savage Gods a success is Kingsnorth’s passion. His honest probing of himself is the real strength of this book. He is a man bearing everything. And for all the confessional memoirs so popular at the moment, this is the real deal.”

—Scott Beauchamp, The American Conservative

“Paul Kingsnorth has always held my attention, and at times completely astounded me with his varied and vital writing talent. This spectacular little volume is a book all about that writing talent, but discussions of process and craft are secondary to a more ontological exploration of what writing really is… and what it very much isn’t.”

—Mark Schultz, Carmichael’s Bookstore, Louisville, Kentucky

“An enigma of a book, Savage Gods takes a long hard look at the creative process of writing as well as deep, philosophical questions of purpose, place, and belonging… honest in a way few books ever are.”

—Caleb Masters, Bookmarks, Winston-Salem, North Carolina

THE WAKE

“Rhythmic, angry, darkly funny and at times poetic.”

—Jennifer Maloney, The Wall Street Journal

“Like Tolkien’s and Martin’s books, The Wake presents the reader with an immersive experience… What sharply distinguishes it is its disorienting use of high literary experiment and its insistence on uncertainty.”

—Laura Marsh, Bookforum

“Kingsnorth’s daring linguistic conceit… propels a tale that feels strangely contemporary in its concern for what is lost when a social order perishes.”

—Hari Kunzru, The New York Times Book Review

BEAST

“Wild and spectacular.” —Anthony Domestico, The Boston Globe

“Beast cements Kingsnorth’s reputation as a furiously gifted writer.”

—Benedict Cosgrove, The Washington Post

“[Written] with unnerving smoothness and lyricism… [Beast] leads readers away from optimism and realism alike, deeper into a new scrutiny of the stories by which we try to make our way.”

—Kenneth Baker, The San Francisco Chronicle

“On its own, [Beast] is a taut, thrilling and mystifying narrative. Taken in tandem with The Wake, it forms a powerful meditation on violence, society and the nature of exile.”

—Tobias Carroll, Star Tribune (Minneapolis)

“Kingsnorth is becoming an existential David Mitchell: a versatile weaver of the seemingly unconnected into a tapestry realer than reality.” —Boris Kachka, Vulture

CONFESSIONS OF A RECOVERING ENVIRONMENTALIST AND OTHER ESSAYS

“Kingsnorth’s is a much-needed perspective in the environmental movement, recovering or otherwise.”

—Scott F. Parker, Star Tribune (Minneapolis)

“Although he writes about feeling despair, grief, and loss in the face of climate change, Kingsnorth says he has not given up hope—only what he perceives as false hope.” —Michael Berry, Sierra Magazine

“A brilliant and sobering collection recommended for anyone, liberal or conservative, concerned about the runaway train of climate change.” —Booklist