Books by David Gates

SALES POINTS Preston Falls confirms David Gates as a master of sharp observation, dark truths and private longings - a writer in the tradition of Russell Banks and Richard Ford 'Beautifully written ... Gates [has a] pitch-perfect ear for contemporary speech ... and a keen, journalistic eye' New York Times 'What gives Preston Falls its jittery buzz, and its intelligence and charm, is Gates' ever-sharp ear for dialogue, for the wisecracks and half-veiled hostilities that pass for communication' People 'A fierce and gleefully perverse account of mid-life crisis ... An apocalyptic satire that reminds us why his previous novel, Jernigan, was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize' Arena 'David Gates makes me sick with envy' Nick Hornby