Praise for Dylan Hicks:"Hicks is a terrific writer who can craft a simile with the best of them."—Kirkus Reviews"The joy in Hicks' debut arises less from plot than from the writing itself: nuanced, ingenious, perceptive, funny."—The Star Tribune"Do yourself a favor and read this smart, tender book. The characters will haunt you with their longing, and inspire you with their sweet, caustic wit."—Sam LipsyteArcher is a sex toy heir. His best friend, John, is as earnest as Archer is feckless. John's girlfriend, Sara, writes Archer's semi-celebrated novels for him. Sara's roommate, Lucas, wishes he'd never lost his girlfriend to the man. Money, friendship, and resentment unspool in the conversations we have as we're coming of age and coming to grips. Dylan Hicks is a songwriter, musician, and writer. His work has appeared in the Village Voice, the New York Times, the Star Tribune, City...

"Boarded Windows is a shrewd and soulful novel. References (high and low, familiar and obscure) abound in this eloquent and unusual story of not-quite innocence lost. Hicks uses his intimate knowledge of American music to give us a precise portrait of Wade Salem, a self-taught, fast-talking half-genius." —Dana Spiotta"Do yourself a favor and read this smart, tender book. The characters will haunt you with their longing, and inspire you with their sweet, caustic wit. Dylan Hicks knows his music and his prose is a song in itself. He's given light to the shuttered and boarded parts of life." —Sam Lipsyte"As a novel, Dylan Hicks's Boarded Windows takes a sly, questioning, sidelong glance that keeps both the narrator and his listeners—because this novel is whispered, confided, mused, as much as it is written—continually off balance. As a work of American iconography, it's a continually hilarious, hopes-dashed account of...