Monuments — Clay Reynolds

“This is Reynolds's fourth novel about the dusty, hot, and sleepy West Texas town of Agatite, a faded stewpot of roiling passions, savage gossip, and crooked politics. . . . This warm and entertaining story is solidly written and vividly atmospheric. Reynolds spins a compelling yarn.” -- Publishers Weekly“Although [Reynolds] is not as well known outside of Texas as Larry McMurtry and Cormac McCarthy, he has probed and deciphered the nature of the past at levels deeper than theirs . . . and in his new novel, Monuments, the results of his quest are brought into apposite and poignant focus.” -- Bloomsbury Review