Eugene Marten
Eugene Marten was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, to European parents, emigrated to the U.S. before the age of two, and grew up in Cleveland, Ohio, where he now lives again after stints in Oregon, New York City, Costa Rica (where the germ for Pure Life originated), Texas, South Dakota, and Los Angeles. In 2014, an excerpt from his novel Layman’s Report earned him an NEA Fellowship.
Reminiscent at times of Don DeLillo and the late great Robert Stone, Eugene Marten brings his unique, powerful cadences to this bruising, unforgettable epic.” –Sam Lipsyte