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Michael McCarthy

Animosity on Dec. 22, 2012

Imagine William Faukner and Flannery O'Connor had a love child. Born with immense innate literary talent but unloved by his parents, the bastard runs away from home and grows up to be a writer in the American Southwest. Cormac McCarthy, right? Nope: Dennis Wilson. From the first pages, Wilson's "Animosity" is a gripping tale in the tradition of the great Western writers. A sort of bildungsroman times two, if you will, "Animosity" is the story of two men, Harlan and Ellis, and two lifetimes of struggle, growth, and desperation. Wilson's ear for authentic dialogue, his knowledge of the geography and topography of the American Southwest, his character development, all work together magnificently in his first published novel. Wilson has the steady, confident voice that gives away his age. "Animosity" is not some college boy's creative writing assignment; it is not a work of passing fancy by a weekend writer working on his bucket list. "Animosity" is real.