Hawaiian Novel!

PUNAHOU BLUES is out! This is my first book of prose and I'm hoping it will be in local bookstores by the end of June or the beginning of July. If you write me I'll sell you an advance copy so you'll be the first on your block to have PUNAHOU BLUES. The ISBN is 0974106712. I was fortunate enough to have Maxine Hong Kingston as my instructor at UH-Manoa and later Frances Mayes (UNDER THE TUSCAN SUN) at SFSU. I also got encouragement from Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.

This is a coming of age novel set at Punahou School during the late 60s and 70s. The boy narrator/protagonist is a classic underdog who loses the girl of his dreams, does poorly in school, and gets pushed around by a bully. There's hope for the boy however because he ends up beefing the bully at Waialae Golf Course during the Hawaiian Open and takes a fox to the Senior Prom at Oahu Country Club. But he must wait until graduation night to find out if his love for her is mutual.

The novel spans 4 generations of a kama'aina family and 2 chapters take place on east end Moloka'i. Contact me if you'd like to know more!

A hui hou,

Kirby Wright

Comments

Great news, Kirby! I have your first book and love reading the poems; I'm delighted that you have a new book coming out and can't wait to read it!

I came to know of your book through a news week article while waiting for my food at pizza bob's. It than became my life mission to find your book only to find out that it isn't available to the public yet. I would love an advanced copy, 2 in fact. please contact me ASAP i'll even come and pick the books up from your house (if your in hawaii) my cell phone is 808-384-3686.

Way to go, Kirby! As a fellow published writer in Hawaii, I'm always happy to see a colleague get his book into print.

You know Vonnegut? I love his work.

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