Charles Holdefer
Back in the Game

"A keen sense of social satire”

           Booklist

“Holdefer’s satisfying, at times funny
novel describes a maturing pro athlete’s
often bumpy transition from youthful
dreams to mainstream American life.”
       
          Publishers  
                   Weekly
The Contractor

“Unsettling and timely...fine literary prose”

                  The Independent

“A compelling mix of thriller, psychodrama
and, yes, political commentary”

                 starred review, Booklist

“Powerful in its reach … resounds with
literary merit"        
                  Library Journal


"Finely tuned...a valuable entry in the Gitmo
field"       
                   Publishers' Weekly

More about The Contractor  here

NICE

"The darkest of comedies, a satiric parable"

Boston Globe


"Truly eccentric...well-earned humor and
poignant story"

Booklist


"NICE is a rollicking, smile-provoking read"

Arizona Daily Star

More about NICE  here
Apology For Big Rod

"Often hilarious...Holdefer tells the simple,
memorable tale of a man who lived life as
if he savored it and yet was indifferent to it,
as if it were wine in a beautiful glass that
would inevitably be broken."

Publishers' Weekly
of Resistance

with Andrew McKeown

"A valuable contribution to the further
development of Larkin studies"

The European English Messenger

"Highly original"
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