Jupiter and Gilgamesh

“Scott Jones has the imagination and chutzpah of a gifted circuspromoter, and a great way with words. He is a born writer, full of humorand thrilling complexity, much compassion, and a great sense of crazy,tragedy, and everything in between. He can juggle plots like a giftedmagician and keep you enthralled start to finish. Jupiter and Gilgameshis funny, sad, original—I give it a hearty two thumbs up.”John Nichols, Author of: Milagro Beanfield Wars
“A novel that spans 4700 years is a novel with ambition and, shallwe say, hubris. Yet Scott Archer Jones pulls off this narrative miraclewith grace, wit, and bravado. No one writes this good the first time out,do they? Jupiter and Gilgamesh is more than a promising debut by ahugely talented writer; it is a compelling novel of the first order. MattDevon’s hermetic life goes public and all hell breaks loose. How does aman live an authentic life anymore? You’ll find out on this exhilaratingride through Uruk and West Texas. Do yourself a favor, buy this book,get in on the secret before everyone else knows what you soon will: hereis the future of contemporary fiction.”John Dufresne, Author of: No Regrets, Coyote
“Scott Archer Jones’s Jupiter and Gilgamesh cleverly interfacesancient myth with a story as contemporary as today’s headlines aboutabandoned children, the tug-of-war of litigation, and the crossed wires oflife and lust. The result is an evocative, entertaining, and challengingread.”Wally Lamb, Author of: We Are Water