August 2025
Early Praise for Simpleman
The story begins in 2025, and the plot unfolds in reverse, a la Christopher Nolan’s film, Memento. Now, please don’t let this dissuade you, because Curnes knows how to write, and he is careful to fill in just enough space to keep the reader interested and get them to the big reveal, the ending. Or the beginning, since we’re reading backwards.
The prose is thoughtful and fluent, illuminating the subtle undercurrents
BookLife Prize, October 6, 2025
that drive interplay between the story’s characters. Curnes’s representation of the relationship between Ronald and Mitch is an intriguing study on the complexities of human attachment.
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