First there was the fall of the dot-coms. Then there was the fall of Enron. Yesterday, there was the sentencing of Bernard Madoff to 150 years in prison. But now, it’s time for the fall of Core Communications: the fictionalized big-business scam at the heart of Memphian Eric Barnes’ debut novel, Shimmer (Unbridled Books).
Barnes is discussing and signing copies of Shimmer at Davis-Kidd Booksellers today, June 30th, starting at 6 p.m. Just don’t expect the author to be quitting his day job anytime soon. (He’s publisher of the Memphis Daily News and the Memphis News.) And don’t think of Shimmer as another corporate thriller. Barnes doesn’t see it that way. Here’s why. And here’s more.
