American Sky

A Novel

By: James Grady

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Hardcover | 14 August 2025

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336 Pages

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22.86 x 15.24 x 4.32

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An atmospheric and dramatic novel set in mid-century Montana by the acclaimed author of Six Days of the Condor.

*A PEOPLE Most Anticipated Read*

"Grady''s style is loose, colorful, challenging and fun. I sometimes thought of Orwell’s novel 1984, sometimes of the Dylan song ''Desolation Row.''"—Patrick Anderson, The Washington Post

For the teenaged Luc, his days are preoccupied with the daily dramas of high school. President John F. Kennedy''s assassination seems a world away. But the winds of history find their way to his small Montana town as marijuana clouds rise in the hallways and the notices of neighborhood young men "Killed in Action" in Vietnam keep arriving at an increasing rate.

Acclaimed novelist James Grady''s American Sky brings to life the world of a young man who is caught in the nexus of vast social change. From blue-collar life in the heartland to Kent State and the Civil Rights movement, American Sky is a sweeping narrative that builds to a crime that threatens to tear Luc''s world apart. Previously compared to Larry McMurtry, George Orwell, Harper Lee, and Bob Dylan, James Grady explores Bruce Springsteen''s generation and has crafted an action-filled and timeless story destined to become a classic.

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"Imagine small-town America in the Sixties, a heartland kind of place where everything is on the cusp of a cultural revolution. James Grady is the master of the dialogue-driven novel, with a rollicking plot about that heart-wrenching decade, drenched in its music, sex, politics and the hope for a better world. American Sky makes one weep for our lost innocence."

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