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William Boyle, press photoTable of ContentsReception[edit]Bibliography[edit]References[edit]External links[edit]Reception[edit]When Boyle’s debut novel, Gravesend, was reissued, the longtime crime fiction reviewer of the New York Times, Marilyn Stasio, noted Boyle’s use of local dialect.[2] A U.K. review from The Guardian also cited the book’s idiomatic dialogue and blue-collar setting, drawing a parallel with Elmore Leonard.[3]In its review of The Lonely Witness, Publishers Weekly noted the gritty realism of Boyle’s Brooklyn milieu.[4]New Orleans Review examined the variety of themes that inform Boyle’s approach to crime fiction in its discussion of his short-story collection, Death Don’t Have No Mercy.[5] In another look at that anthology, the Clarion-Ledger, a leading newspaper in Boyle’s adopted home state of Mississippi, touched on the commonality of Boyle’s work with Southern forebears Flannery O’Connor and William Gay.[6]France’s oldest daily newspaper, Le Figaro, compared Boyle to Dennis Lehane and George Pelecanos, among others.[7]Gravesend was nominated among foreign authors for France’s Grand Prix de Litt\u00e9rature Polici\u00e8re in 2016.[8] In addition, it was one of five finalists in the novel category for the Prix SNCF du Polar.[9] The French news weekly L’Express also cited it as one of the 10 best crime novels of that year.[10]The U.K. has also recognized Gravesend. It was shortlisted for the John Creasey CWA New Blood Dagger in 2018.[11]Boyle’s reputation has been growing in his homeland as well. The Lonely Witness was singled out by the New York Post in June 2018.[12] George Pelecanos name-checked The Lonely Witness a couple of months later in the New York Times,[13] followed shortly by Stasio’s review of Gravesend.Stasio also had praise for Boyle’s 2019 comic crime caper, A Friend Is a Gift You Give Yourself, upon its release in March 2019.[14] On the cover of the U.K. edition, Roddy Doyle singled out the strength and humor of the female characters.Boyle’s 2020 novel City of Margins — set almost entirely in South Brooklyn — drew plaudits from Stasio once again. She focused on his character studies, which featured “a mixture of affection and despair worthy of a Bruce Springsteen song.”[15]Boyle’s latest novel is Shoot the Moonlight Out (2021), which drew its title from a Garland Jeffreys song. Once again, the action takes place almost entirely in South Brooklyn. The Washington Post noted that Boyle “tries to write about how bad people can do good things and good people can do bad things. In Shoot the Moonlight Out, Boyle achieves his aim marvelously.”[16]Bibliography[edit]Boyle is the author of the following novels:He has also written a short story collection:References[edit]^ Cogdill, Oline H. APNews.com May 1, 2018^ “Yo, Ray Boy: Crime Novels that Speak in Local Voices” – Marilyn Stasio’s review of Gravesend^ Forshaw, Barry The Guardian, February 2, 2018^ Publishers Weekly review of The Lonely Witness^ May, James New Orleans Review 2015^ Purdie, Ellis Clarion-Ledger August 8, 2015^ Corty, Bruno Le Figaro, April 7, 2016^ Thomas, Vincy  Livres Hebdo September 20, 2018^ SNCF press release, October 11, 2016^ Ferniot, Christine L’Express, April 1, 2016^ The John Creasey New Blood Dagger Shortlist 2018^ Dawson, Mackenzie New York Post, June 4, 2018^ Pelecanos, George New York Times, August 23, 2018^ Stasio, Marilyn New York Times, March 1, 2019^ Stasio, Marilyn New York Times, March 20, 2020^ Lipez, Richard Washington Post, December 3, 2021External links[edit]  "},{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki19\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"Enzyklop\u00e4die"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki19\/william-michael-boyle-wikipedia\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"William Michael Boyle – Wikipedia"}}]}]