Thrilling…. Wright is also an exceedingly adept satirist, and his ability to lift the curtain on the manipulation of data, criminal justice, and the sociological behavior of voters is nothing short of fascinating…. “The Coyotes of Carthage” is a political novel in all the best ways.” — USA Today
“Riveting…. Those who pick up the book get a view of how the sausage of today’s politics gets made…. And [Wright] does so with a ticktock pace and knockout prose…. [A] propulsive, engaging novel.” — Washington Post
“[A] darkly funny and bleakly honest debut novel about how elections are bought…. Compelling.” — Salon
"Like Ozark meets Miller’s Crossing.... Shocking, funny, and deeply cynical, this is the perfect political thriller to close out a truly terrible year." — CrimeReads
"An archly comic and ultimately chilling political novel on the effects of the dark money.... Thoughtful, sharp-edged fare for the upcoming election year." — Library Journal (starred review)
"Wright explores the themes of loyalty, perception versus reality, corruption, and racism, balancing absurd situations and deep-seated issues with wry, self-deprecating humor.... A sharply contemporary Faustian tragicomedy with parallels to the TV series Scandal." — Booklist
"With this splendid debut, Steven Wright announces his arrival as a major new voice in the world of political thrillers. I enjoyed it immensely." — John Grisham
“The Coyotes of Carthage is at once timely and timeless, an astonishing and assured debut. Like two-faced Janus, it looks back at where we’ve been and forward to where we might be going. Steven Wright's novel should be required reading for 2020—or any year in which there’s an election at any level.” — Laura Lippman
“Steven Wright's Coyotes of Carthage is a novel steeped in atmosphere and laced with menace. It's a political potboiler masking as a buddy drama, a treatise on race and class packaged as a fish-out-of-water tale. Wright's novel is what so few novels are: a page-turner with a conscience, a burner of a read with something to say. If House of Cards and True Detective made a novel, it would be Coyotes of Carthage. It's a great novel and one hell of a debut.” — Wiley Cash
“This lively, observant novel is a kind of national tragicomedy of manners. Once in a while an American political novel comes along that is part news, part satire, and everywhere full of jolts and wit. The Coyotes of Carthage delivers all that with brilliance and verve.” — Lorrie Moore
“All politics are local, but in The Coyotes of Carthage, even this small South Carolina town is at the mercy of Washington’s dark money. As a cautionary tale, Steven Wright’s debut can stand beside All the King’s Men and The War Room.” — Stewart O’Nan, author of A Prayer for the Dying and Last Night at the Lobster
“A contemporary, character-driven, political novel dealing with timely issues.” — Emissourian
Riveting…. Those who pick up the book get a view of how the sausage of today’s politics gets made…. And [Wright] does so with a ticktock pace and knockout prose…. [A] propulsive, engaging novel.”
"With this splendid debut, Steven Wright announces his arrival as a major new voice in the world of political thrillers. I enjoyed it immensely."
This lively, observant novel is a kind of national tragicomedy of manners. Once in a while an American political novel comes along that is part news, part satire, and everywhere full of jolts and wit. The Coyotes of Carthage delivers all that with brilliance and verve.
Thrilling…. Wright is also an exceedingly adept satirist, and his ability to lift the curtain on the manipulation of data, criminal justice, and the sociological behavior of voters is nothing short of fascinating…. “The Coyotes of Carthage” is a political novel in all the best ways.
"Wright explores the themes of loyalty, perception versus reality, corruption, and racism, balancing absurd situations and deep-seated issues with wry, self-deprecating humor.... A sharply contemporary Faustian tragicomedy with parallels to the TV series Scandal."
All politics are local, but in The Coyotes of Carthage, even this small South Carolina town is at the mercy of Washington’s dark money. As a cautionary tale, Steven Wright’s debut can stand beside All the King’s Men and The War Room.
A contemporary, character-driven, political novel dealing with timely issues.”
Thrilling…. Wright is also an exceedingly adept satirist, and his ability to lift the curtain on the manipulation of data, criminal justice, and the sociological behavior of voters is nothing short of fascinating…. “The Coyotes of Carthage” is a political novel in all the best ways.
The Coyotes of Carthage is at once timely and timeless, an astonishing and assured debut. Like two-faced Janus, it looks back at where we’ve been and forward to where we might be going. Steven Wright's novel should be required reading for 2020—or any year in which there’s an election at any level.”
[A] darkly funny and bleakly honest debut novel about how elections are bought…. Compelling.
Steven Wright's Coyotes of Carthage is a novel steeped in atmosphere and laced with menace. It's a political potboiler masking as a buddy drama, a treatise on race and class packaged as a fish-out-of-water tale. Wright's novel is what so few novels are: a page-turner with a conscience, a burner of a read with something to say. If House of Cards and True Detective made a novel, it would be Coyotes of Carthage. It's a great novel and one hell of a debut.
"Wright explores the themes of loyalty, perception versus reality, corruption, and racism, balancing absurd situations and deep-seated issues with wry, self-deprecating humor.... A sharply contemporary Faustian tragicomedy with parallels to the TV series Scandal."
"Like Ozark meets Miller’s Crossing.... Shocking, funny, and deeply cynical, this is the perfect political thriller to close out a truly terrible year."
Riveting…. Those who pick up the book get a view of how the sausage of today’s politics gets made…. And [Wright] does so with a ticktock pace and knockout prose…. [A] propulsive, engaging novel.”
All politics are local, but in The Coyotes of Carthage, even this small South Carolina town is at the mercy of Washington’s dark money. As a cautionary tale, Steven Wright’s debut can stand beside All the King’s Men and The War Room.
