HAWK MOUNTAIN by Conner Habib - Review & Giveaway

 

I recently finished debut author, Connor Habib's novel, HAWK MOUNTAIN (WWNorton&Co.) and all I can say is prepare to be totally creeped out. Since you're reading this, you're probably a grownup. Looking back over your childhood and years in school did you ever make an enemy? Sure, we all did. But how many of us never forgot, even as we became adults? In HAWK MOUNTAIN, childhood enemies meet up fifteen later and it seems someone hasn't forgotten how he was slighted. 

An English teacher is gaslit by his charismatic high school bully in this tense story of deception, manipulation, and murder. 

Single father Todd is relaxing at the beach with his son, Anthony, when he catches sight of a man approaching from the water’s edge. As the man draws closer, Todd recognizes him as Jack, who bullied Todd relentlessly in their teenage years but now seems overjoyed to have “run into” his old friend. Jack suggests a meal to catch up. And can he spend the night?

What follows is a fast-paced story of obsession and cunning. As Jack invades Todd’s life, pain and intimidation from the past unearth knife-edge suspense in the present. Set in a small town on the New England coast, Conner Habib’s debut introduces characters trapped in isolation by the expansive woods and the encroaching ocean, their violence an expression of repressed desire and the damage it can inflict. Both gruesome and tender, Hawk Mountain offers a compelling look at how love and hate are indissoluble, intertwined until the last breath.

CONNER'S WORDS

I’m the host of Against Everyone with Conner Habib, an author, a lecturer, and a sex workers’ rights advocate.

I give lectures around the world about sexuality, spirituality, pornography, science, and art.

I served for two years as the elected Vice President of the Adult Performer Advocacy Committee and am a member of PEN America.

My essays and poetry have appeared in dozens of print and online publications, including CR Fashion Book, The Stranger, Vice, Salon, Slate, and several anthologies.

For ten years, I was an award-winning gay adult performer.

I’m the only person who has ever won awards for writing, teaching AND porn.

My twitter is @ConnerHabib .

My Patreon is here.

Here’s a list of all nearly all my publications, lectures, awards, and media appearances.

And here are two of my best-known essays:

“When You’re Sick You’ll Wait for the Answer but None Will Come”

and

“What I Want To Know Is Why You Hate Porn Stars”

• If you want to email me about hiring me to write, for lectures; or if you’re inquiring for media appearances email me at

connerhabib at gmail.com

• If you just want to talk, use:

connerhabibsocial at gmail.com

It might take me a little while, but I answer every email and really appreciate hearing from anyone who’s interested in what I’m up to.  Thanks.

Thanks to Conner and Norton Books we have one copy to giveaway. What's the latest book you read that hooked you at the first sentence? We'll announce a winner soon. Good luck.

GIVEAWAY: USA only please.