Eight Whopping Lies and Other Stories of Bruised Grace

“Brian Doyle is an extraordinary writer whose tales will endure.” —Cynthia Ozick, National Book Critics Circle Award-winning author of Quarrel and Quandary 

This is a guided tour through the mind of one of the most acclaimed voices in contemporary Catholic writing. Brian Doyle effortlessly connects the everyday with the inexpressible and consistently marries searingly honest prose with interruptions of humor and humanity.

These essays bear Doyle’s trademark depth and deliver with eloquence his piercing observations on mohawks and miracles, vigils and velociraptors, syntax and scapulars, jail and jihad, and mercy beyond sense.

Brian Doyle was editor of Portland magazine, and the author of many books, including Mink River, The Plover, and Martin Marten. He has written for Harper’s, Orion, The American Scholar, The Sun Magazine, and The New York Times and his work has been anthologized in several collections. He has been awarded three Pushcart Prizes, the John Borroughs Award for Distinguished Nature Writing, and the Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters.