The Patron Saint of Birds (+2)

<p><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>                                                                                                                               </em></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>With his first book of fiction </span><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>The Patron Saint of Birds</em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(34 34 34 1)> Lambert proves himself worthy of a great American distinction: He is a true Southern Writer and in all the best ways. Like Harry Crews and Flannery O'Connor before him Lambert writes the working class with equal parts esteem robust hilarity and tempered rebuke. There can only be one explanation for the beauty and authenticity in these pages-Lambert has lived many a tired life. He knows the back roads better than he knows even the enduring tales of his Southern Gothic ancestors. This is a work of outstanding fiction yes but it is a true book in all the ways that matter.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>-Matt Phillips author of </span><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>Know Me from Smoke</em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(34 34 34 1)> and </span><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>Countdown</em></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p>