Robert Olen Butler - LATE CITY

Event date:

Thursday, September 23, 2021 - 6:00pm to 7:15pm

Event address:

via Zoom

Join us virtually for a special evening with Pulitzer Prize-winning author Robert Olen Bulter presenting his new novel, LATE CITY.

A 115-year-old man lies on his deathbed as the 2016 election results arrive, and revisits his life in this moving story of love, fatherhood, and the American century from Pulitzer Prize winner Robert Olen Butler.

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Please show your support by purchasing the book now from Octavia Books at https://www.octaviabooks.com/book/9780802158826. Your copy will include a bookplate signed by Robert Olen Butler.

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