Lewis Nordan, "a Mississippi-born writer whose fiction conjures a dreamlike world that straddles the whisker-thin margin between a legend and a lie, but whose best-known novel [Wolf Whistle] was based on a historical murder of national import," died last weekend. He was 72.
"Nordan's cult following began with Algonquin's staff in 1991 when we published Buddy's first novel, Music of the Swamp," said Elisabeth Scharlatt, publisher, Algonquin Books. "The critical acclaim for his work has been very satisfying--and especially to see that work translated into other languages from Greek to Czech to German, French, and Norwegian. I'm happy to be able to ensure that new generations of readers will continue to discover him."
