Fall 2012 - The University of Arizona Press

Praise for Thomas Cobb’s Crazy Heart
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contents
New Books
Anthropology 11, 13, 15–16, 20–22, 27–28
Archaeology 26–27, 29–31
Architecture 7
Biology & Ecology 23–26
Environmental History 19–20
Fiction 1, 3, 14
Gardening 2
History 1, 6–12, 16–19
Indigenous Studies 13
Latin American Studies 14–22
Literature 1, 3–6, 14
Memoir 2
Native Americans 3–4, 9–13
Poetry 4–5
Recently Published Books 32–34
Best-Selling Backlist Books 35–39
Sales Information 40
New Title Index inside back cover
Front Cover: Photograph © Nitzia Flores. Design by Colleen Loomis
“Cobb’s picture of the scraggly underside of
Western music is brutally convincing.”
—The New Yorker
“Cobb has created an unforgettable
character who engages not only your interest
but your emotion.”
—Chicago Tribune
“Crazy Heart just might be the finest
country-western novel ever written, bar none.”
—Houston Post
“Thomas Cobb has produced a piercing,
keenly observed chronicle of modern
Americana, getting across the current mores
and attitudes as experienced by C&W musician
Blake.”
—Los Angeles Times
“Thomas Cobb’s marvelous first novel
doesn’t just play on your heartstrings, it breaks
them.”
—San Francisco Examiner
“A measure of Thomas Cobb’s talent is that
he can make Bad Blake’s story amusing even as
we watch him fall. Bad is entirely sympathetic,
and this crazy heart is vivid; the milieu is as
resonant as a steel guitar, and the plot moves
along without skipping a beat.”
—New York Times Book Review
“Blake’s dedication to, and integrity toward,
his country music is more than matched by
Cobb’s moving, respectful evocation of the
world of country music, and the life and times
of Bad Blake.”
—Boston Herald
“Crazy Heart is a beautiful book. . . . The
characters are cut cleanly out of America. . . .
Bad Blake is a man you will not soon forget.”
—Washington Times