Acclaimed Writer Visits East Greenwich Thursday for Signing, Reading

Acclaimed author Stewart O’Nan is in town and he’ll be at Symposium Books on Thursday night for a book signing and reading from his latest novel, “West of Sunset.”

O’Nan, an award-winning writer, is widely known for the novel “Wish You Were Here” and has also penned “Snow Angles,” “A Prayer for the Dying,” “Last Night at the Lobster,” and “Emily, Alone.”

A Pittsburgh, PA, resident, O’Nan has been named one of America’s Best Young Novelists by Granta.

“West of Sunset” was published earlier this year and met with immediate approval from critics.

It’s a story about F. Scott Fitzgerald’s waning years in Hollywood and a touching and ”deeply personal portrait of a flawed man who never gave up in the end, even as his every wish and hope seemed thwarted,” according to the book’s summary.

O’Nan will be at Symposium Books beginning at 6 p.m.

The shop is located at 1000 Division Road in East Greenwich Square.

For more information, head over to Symposium Book’s Facebook page.

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