UK and Irish tour coming up!

Willy will soon be on the road supporting his new novel, THE HORSE, in the UK and Ireland. He’ll be in conversation with a different host each night and will be playing songs from the Richmond Fontaine and Delines catalogs as well as the songs that inspired or were inspired by THE HORSE.

13 May - Komedia, Brighton w/Allan Jones

14 May - Brudenell Social Club, Leeds w/Sarah Hall

15 May - CCA, Glasgow w/Doug Johnstone

16 May - Band On The Wall, Manchester w/Claire Malcolm

18 May - Earth Theatre, London  w/Gideon Coe

19 May - Lantern, Bristol w/Nikesh Shukla

21 May - Deers Head, Belfast w/Ralph McLean

22 May - Sugar Club, Dublin w/ Roddy Doyle

The early reads and reviews are coming in great! What a relief....

Ann Patchett: “Willy Vlautin writes about people overlooked by society and overlooked by literature. In THE HORSE, he tells the story of a tenderhearted man who has a steady talent and a crushing addiction. It is both a work of extraordinary compassion and a really great novel.”

Booklist: “Acclaimed novelist and songwriter Vlautin brilliantly blends his two vocations into a powerful, moving character study of a man imbued with a deep sadness….The novel itself feels like a classic song, a lament of a lonesome balladeer, resulting in a singular masterpiece. Vlautin has composed another classic.”