TSOTV Reviews

Two reviews of The Shaman of Turtle Valley appeared last week. One was an article in Virginia Living for which the author interviewed me. I don’t believe the article is online, but I’ll post a jpeg of it below.

The other review is at PeaceCorpsWorldwide, a website devoted to news about the Peace Corps and Returned Peace Corps Volunteers. I was especially pleased to see this review because my interest in Korea–which is at the heart of the novel–began with my Peace Corps service there in the 1970s.

The reviewer, also an RPCV, says “Garstang has an imaginative creative  talent of weaving various threads of the story together to create a beautiful tapestry.”

Read the full review here: The Shaman of Turtle Valley — Review.

About the author

I am the author of three novels--THE LAST BIRD OF PARADISE, OLIVER'S TRAVELS, and THE SHAMAN OF TURTLE VALLEY--and three story collections--IN AN UNCHARTED COUNTRY, HOUSE OF THE ANCIENTS AND OTHER STORIES, and WHAT THE ZHANG BOYS KNOW, winner of the Library of Virginia Literary Award for Fiction. I am also the co-founder and former editor of Prime Number Magazine and the editor of the award-winning anthology series EVERYWHERE STORIES: SHORT FICTION FROM A SMALL PLANET.

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