Chilling Fisherman's Memoir a Good YarnFisherman Mark Williams writes about his true-life experiences in the long tradition of American "yarn-spinning" --- telling by the firelight tall tales that extol the feats of larger-than-life heroes. He swears it's all true. And he's one heck of a storyteller.
Williams' language is charged with adrenaline, punctuated with the vocabulary of the street, graced with a sly usually self-depricating humor and informed by an almost hyper-awareness of the world around him. Whether it's the wide ocean or a waterside barroom, there's only the occasional sniggling wisp of a doubt that everything happened just as Williams described it...F/V Black Sheep is an irreverant, heart-warming, funny, frank, and fantastical account of a workingman's life. (Read the complete review in PDF format)
- Points East Magazine, April 2007Read Points East Magazine's Interview with Mark S. Williams (PDF format)
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