I am uncorking champagne in astonishment. Rain Taxi Review of Books asked me months and months ago for a copy of Keep This Quiet! and then silence. Months passed, issues came out. And suddenly today they e-mailed me that a review had come out. With some trepidation I clicked the link, though I know they only review books they like. And there it was!! My jaw dropped. After summing up to perfection what the book is about, it concluded:
“Three men, embodiments of three different dimensions of the late 1960’s Zeitgeist—wispy dissolution, language-charged intellect, and Gonzo persona-building—are brought together by Harrell to invoke a world of passion and commitment, the world she had always hoped she would inhabit. Keep This Quiet! is at once noisy, sensual, and word-drunk, as well as quietly intimate and full of Harrell’s wonder at her luck. While most readers will come to this book for the Thompson content, in truth all the portraits here—all four of them—are compelling and often touching.”
Before that, I read every single word, wondering whether at the next word the axe would fall. But it kept on being positive right to the end – in such a discerning manner re all three of the men. Wow.
I am also still celebrating Rory Feehan’s review at his site, and the blurb I received from Michael Simmons yesterday, after which I couldn’t resist e-mailing him to ask what investigative journalism story did he get an award for. Turned out it was complicated. My phone rang. He’d rung up to explain in person. But that story is for another day.
I can’t thank everyone enough who has supported this book. Remember, it’s in stock on the shelves of Quail Ridge Books & Music in Raleigh. Also at Amazon, B & N, etc. Thanks for celebrating with me!
