Read the First 20 Pages in PDF format (Free Adobe Acrobat Reader required) In a Town Called Mundomuerto by Randall Silvis 160 pages (5.5” x 8.5”) Available June 2007 Paperback List Price =  $12.95 ISBN: 978-1-890650-19-3 Signed & Numbered Collectors Hard Cover Edition (Limited to 500 copies) List Price = $29.95 ISBN 978-1-890650-21-6 Satisfaction Guaranteed or Your Money Back Within USA Free First Class or Priority Mail Shipping (To Order By Mail Click Here)

About In a Town Called Mundomuerto

In this novel an old man is telling a boy the same story he has told him hundreds of times before, so that now the boy can correct him on his errors, omissions, and embellishments. It is a lyric story of bittersweet memories and the enduring power of a love the old man has felt since his boyhood for Lucia Luna, a once beautiful girl, now a bitter old woman, destroyed by the jealousy and superstition of her village.

About Randall Silvis

Randall Silvis is the author of eight critically acclaimed novels, one collection of short stories, and one book of narrative nonfiction. His work has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize and the Frankfurt Book Award and was a finalist for the Hammet Award for Literary Excellence. He is a winner of two fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the prestigious Drue Heinz Literature Prize.
His twelve stage plays have been produced across the United States and Off-off-Broadway, and have garnered three National Playwrights Showcase Awards, the Ruby Lloyd Apsey Playwriting Prize, and two Sadie Awards for Best Drama in Erie. His screenplay “An Occassional Hell,” starring Tom Berenger and Valeria Golina, premiered in 1996. He is the recipient of the 2003 Screenwriting Showcase Awards Grand Prize and a 2004 Screenwriting Fellowship Award from the Pennsylvania Council On the Arts.

Praise for Previous Books by Randall Silvis 

Heart So Hungry (Knopf Canada 2004)

A Toronto Globe & Mail Best of the Year Book

“Vivid, comprehensive, and compelling . . . a notable addition to the literature of northern exploration”
--Toronto Globe & Mail

“Through Silvis’ masterful research, empathetic sensitivity, and skilled storytelling, readers are treated to a tantalizing adventure that celebrates one woman’s steadfast love and uncommon courage.”
--Booklist

Disquiet Heart (Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin’s Minotaur 2002)

“Atmospheric and cleverly researched, races to a sparkling denouement.”
--Publishers Weekly

“Moody, emotionally tortured, and convincingly atmospheric, a graphically described descent into Poe’s opiate addictions.”
--Kirkus Reviews

On Night’s Shore (Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin’s Minotaur 2001)

“Stylish, dark-toned adventure . . . gritty and opulent.”
--Publishers Weekly

“A riveting tale of murder and betrayal . . . On Night’s Shore drips with descriptive power.”
--New York Post

Mysticus (Wolfhawk Books 1999)

Mysticus is literary symphony, a consummate mastery of prose. Highly recommended.”
--Midwest Book Review

Dead Man Falling (Carrol & Graf 1997)

“superbly written and eminently readable”
--Booklist

Under the Rainbow (Permanent Press 1993)

“A funny engaging journey toward some pretty sweet truths.”
--The New York Times Book Review

“One of the funniest books of the year. It is about human resiliency as much as human oddness, and its message is ultimately upbeat  Highly recommended.”
--Library Journal

An Occasional Hell (Permanent Press 1993)

 *** Finalist for the 1993 Hammett Prize ***   

“The storyline is riveting--complex, convoluted, and compelling; Silvis engages the reader from first word to last. I couldn’t put this novel down.”
--Los Angeles Reader

Excelsior (Henry Holt 1987)

“A funny and touching fable [transformed by] the author’s give for tart comic dialogue and screwball invention. A ruefully comic, entertaining and ultimately impressive novel.”
-- Publishers Weekly

The Luckiest Man in the World (University of Pittsburgh Press 1984)

*** Winner of the Drue Heinz Literature Prize ***

“Silvis is an engaging storyteller . . . seductively entertaining. [His] ear for natural speech and eye for the ways individuals accommodate themselves to their perceived reality is combined with the dark humor that has the pulse of life.”
--Publishers Weekly

“Wonderful stories. Randall Silvis is a masterful storyteller.”