William Davey's literary prowess is well known in Western Europe and the Pacific rim. He has been deemed an "extraordinary writer" in France, and a "lion with a heart" in England. He was raised in Santa Fe, New Mexico but was born near Washington Square and jokingly referred to himself as "more of a westerner than Billy the Kid" who was also born in New York but farther east. The Wessex Collective is proud to be the first to publish The Angry Dust in the United States.
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Brother
of Cloud in the Water ISBN-13: 978-0-9797516-2-2
ISBN-10: 0-9797516-2-4 Price: $24.95
Do you think you are smarter than a headhunter? Do you think you could win a battle against cannibals as well as overcome doubts from your ungrateful fellow warriors about your leadership? Do you believe in emerald winds, ruby-eyed bees, silver birds of ghostsand love without end? Brother of Cloud in the Water does. Thoughtful and creative, he encounters many of the same challenges of men everywhere. Enter the island of enchantment surrounding his tribe and discover what he really feels about justice and the world around him in his first-person narrative adventure. The story is set in 1945 on an island near New Guinea. |
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The Angry Dust ISBN 0-9766274-3-4
Price: $24.95
This exquisite novel tells the story of Prescott Barnes and his family leaving the dust bowl for golden California, but there its similarities with The Grapes of Wrath end. The grandson of a wealthy preacher who disinherited Prescott's father, Barnes, despite his cynical black humor, unwavering hostility to religion, and his illiteracy, possesses a fierce integrity and passions that make him larger than life at the same time he is perfectly human. Told with perfect command and in a brilliant style, this is a novel of tragic grandeur in the fine high style of old with the action inevitably leading to tragedy, and tragedy totally flowing from character. In Prescott's case, it is his poverty and hostility toward religion that leads to his tragic mistake. Every character, even the minor ones like Rev. Eberstadt (a con man who nevertheless grows in sincerity and in capacity to love) are revealed in such detail that we get to know them like old friends. The plot unfolds as inevitably as an eclipse, and the forces of nature, like the tornado that strikes them, are vividly and unforgettably described. Most importantly, Prescott Barnes's tragic confrontation with the world compellingly reveals how common people can possess power and grandeur. |
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