A review of On Fire, by Larry Brown
Published April 27th, 1995, in The Minnesota Daily’s Nightly Magazine
On Fire
By Larry Brown
Warner Books, $11.99
The all-new, affordable paperback
version of On Fire, by author and former firefighter Larry Brown,
is now out from Warner Books. The memoir recounts the southern novelist and
short-story writer’s seventeen years as a firefighter in Oxford, Mississippi.
Much more than a nail-biting adrenaline rush, On Fire tells
the story of Brown’s growth as a father, as a husband, and as a writer. Of
course there’s plenty of action, but Brown’s eye and ear for the rhythms of
life give this book a strong sense of balance.
—David Wiley
