Excellent Review from Temple, TX

Here's a snapshot of a review from the Temple Daily Telegram out of Temple, TX, dated Aug. 15, 2010.  Probably the finest review the novel has received so far!

Coming to a Store Near You (If You Live Near Columbus)

It's terribly exciting to tell you that The Butcher's Thumb should be available at Barnes & Noble stores sometime this week in the Columbus area.  That's a hard copy (well, softcover) on the shelf in the fiction section.

The folks at the local Barnes & Noble stores here in Columbus have been enthusiastic and helpful in making this happen, as have the good people at B&N corporate.  The success of any book owes a lot to the work and interest of bookstore staffs.

Along those lines, we're thrilled, too, that the novel is also available locally at Beehive Books in Delaware, Ohio (nowhere near any Barnes & Noble...ahem).  If you've never been to the Beehive, you owe yourself a treat.  Excellent coffee, fine selection of literature, and an intelligent, friendly staff.  All on Sandusky Street in the heart of Delaware's downtown.  A big thanks to them for carrying the book. 

So if you've been putting off your summer reading, march on down to your favorite local bookstore and have a gander the book for yourself.

Behind the Political Curtain

Local monthly 614 features a brief review of The Butcher's Thumb in its August issue.  The article, "The Ugly Truth", discusses two other local books as well, both memoirs:  Good Behavior by Nathan Henry and We Never Learn:  The Gunk Punk Undergut 1988-2001 by Eric Davidson.  In all, three very different takes on what are, indeed, the ugly truths of our society which need to be told. 

Contributor Erin Norris writes:  "By exposing and satirizing the wag-the-dog tactics of the most powerful people in the country, Haas brings the public face-to-face with the other side of the political curtain."

Read the entire feature here or pick up 614 at locales near you.