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"A fabulous noir." - Daniel Woodrell"Thoughtful, complex and compassionate." - Dan Chaon"Mark Wisniewski is a damn good writer." - Ben FountainWinter's Bone meets The Wire, Watch Me Go is an edgy, soulful meditation on the meaning of love, the injustices of hate, and the power of hopeDouglas "Deesh" Sharp has managed to stay out of trouble living in the Bronx, paying his rent by hauling junk for cash. But on the morning Deesh and two pals head upstate to dispose of a sealed oil drum whose contents smell and weigh enough to contain a human corpse, he becomes mixed up in a serious crime. When his plans for escape spiral terribly out of control, Deesh quickly finds himself a victim of betrayal - and the prime suspect in the murders of three white men.
About the Author
Mark Wisniewski's forthcoming novel WATCH ME GO (Penguin Putnam, January 22, 2015) has received praise from Salman Rushdie, Ben Fountain, Dan Woodrell, Heidi Pitlor, PUBLISHERS WEEKLY, and THE HUFFINGTON POST. Mark's books also include the novels SHOW UP, LOOK GOOD and CONFESSIONS OF A POLISH USED CAR SALESMAN, as well as the collection of short stories ALL WEEKEND WITH THE LIGHTS ON and the book of narrative poems ONE OF US ONE NIGHT.
Mark's fiction has appeared in magazines such as THE SOUTHERN REVIEW, ANTIOCH REVIEW, NEW ENGLAND REVIEW, VIRGINIA QUARTERLY REVIEW, THE YALE REVIEW, BOULEVARD, THE SUN, and THE GEORGIA REVIEW, and has been anthologized in PUSHCART PRIZE and BEST AMERICAN SHORT STORIES.
His narrative poems have appeared in such venues as The IOWA REVIEW, PRAIRIE SCHOONER, POETRY INTERNATIONAL, ECOTONE, THE HOLLINS CRITIC, and POETRY.
He's been awarded two University of California Regents' Fellowships in Fiction, an Isherwood Fellowship in Fiction, and first place in competitions for the Kay Cattarula Award for Best Short Story, the Gival Press Short Story Award, and the Tobias Wolff Award.
Learn more about him at http://markwisniewski.net/index.html
