Saturday, May 07, 2022 7:00 PM

Location:
Manuel's Tavern
602 North Highland Avenue, NE
Atlanta, Georgia 30307

In his new action-packed novel, award-winning author Taylor Brown takes a tantalizing tidbit from William Faulkner’s real life—an evening's chance encounter with two daredevils in New Orleans—capturing the true essence of a bygone era and shedding a new light on the heart and motivations of one of America's greatest authors.

A Cappella welcomes the Georgia writer to Manuel’s Tavern for a discussion of his latest book, “Wingwalkers,” on Saturday, May 7, at 7 PM. This event is free and open to the public.

Copies of “Wingwalkers” will be available for purchase at the event.  The author will sign after the discussion. 

About the Book

“They were over Georgia somewhere, another nameless hamlet whose dusty streets lay flocked and trembling with the pink handbills they’d rained from the sky that morning, the ones that announced the coming of DELLA THE DARING DEVILETTE, who would DEFY THE HEAVENS, shining like a DAYTIME STAR, a WING-WALKING WONDER borne upon the wings of CAPTAIN ZENO MARIGOLD, a DOUBLE ACE of the GREAT WAR, who had ELEVEN AERIAL VICTORIES over the TRENCHES OF FRANCE.”

“Wingwalkers” is one-part epic adventure, one-part love story, and, as is the signature for critically-acclaimed author Taylor Brown, one large part American history. The novel braids the adventures of Della and Zeno Marigold, a vagabond couple that funds their journey to the west coast in the middle of the Great Depression by performing death-defying aerial stunts from town to town, together with the life of the author (and thwarted fighter pilot) William Faulkner, whom the couple ultimately inspires during a dramatic air show—with unexpected consequences for all.

About the Author

Taylor Brown grew up on the Georgia coast. He has lived in Buenos Aires, San Francisco, and the mountains of western North Carolina. He is the recipient of the Montana Prize in Fiction and a finalist for the Southern Book Prize. His novels include “Fallen Land,” “The River of Kings,” “Gods of Howl Mountain,” and “Pride of Eden.” He lives in Savannah, Georgia.