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Beach of Stars
"Beach of Stars" is the debut novel by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist David Horsey. National Book Award winner Timothy Egan calls it "a masterful bit of storytelling...David Horsey's tale of love, romance, betrayal and international intrigue kept me up at night. It's a wonderful novel, with rich, compelling characters, covering a great tableau of time and terrain.”
The book begins with a college kid working a summer job in Mexico who, on a whimsical impulse, takes a beer to a young woman on a secluded beach. That simple act sets off a chain of events that, twenty years later, lures the man from his career in city politics into a search for the now-fugitive woman — a journey of revelation stretching from New York City to a remote Mexican beach town where he faces a star-crossed reckoning with the past.
More than a mystery, much more than a romance, "Beach of Stars" is a modern odyssey steered by small choices, impulsive actions, bad timing, lucky coincidences and unchecked desires; the subtle tides that steer our lives toward calamity or bliss. National Book Award winner, Charles Johnson calls the novel "amazingly good." Book editor and author Will Schwalbe says, "The book is terrific.”
The book begins with a college kid working a summer job in Mexico who, on a whimsical impulse, takes a beer to a young woman on a secluded beach. That simple act sets off a chain of events that, twenty years later, lures the man from his career in city politics into a search for the now-fugitive woman — a journey of revelation stretching from New York City to a remote Mexican beach town where he faces a star-crossed reckoning with the past.
More than a mystery, much more than a romance, "Beach of Stars" is a modern odyssey steered by small choices, impulsive actions, bad timing, lucky coincidences and unchecked desires; the subtle tides that steer our lives toward calamity or bliss. National Book Award winner, Charles Johnson calls the novel "amazingly good." Book editor and author Will Schwalbe says, "The book is terrific.”
449 pages, Kindle Edition
First published December 7, 2025
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David Horsey
16 booksDavid Horsey is a political cartoonish who has was the Pulitzer Price for Editorial Cartooning twice. Currently, he is a columnist for The Seattle Times.
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