Radio Bookclub: Mad Boy

Denver author Nick Arvin sets his latest book Mad Boy during the war of 1812. The young protagonist is young Henry Phipps who is on a quest to realize his dying mother’s last wish: to be buried at sea, surrounded by her family.

Not an easy task considering Henry’s ne’er-do-well father is in debtor’s prison and his comically earnest older brother is busy fighting the red coats on the battlefields of Maryland.

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Listen to more of our interview with Nick Arvin in the Afterhours at the Radio Bookclub podcast.

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The Radio Bookclub is a collaboration between KGNU and the Boulder Bookstore. Every month Arsen Kashkashian, head buyer at the Boulder Bookstore, selects a book to inspire listeners to read along together. The author will then join us in-studio for a discussion which we broadcast on the 4th Thursday of every month at 9am.

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