William Vollmann's upcoming novel is "quite a bit shorter than 'War & Peace'"

That thundering sound you hear in the distance is the approach of William Vollmann’s upcoming novel, “The Dying Grass.” Viking will release the book on July 28, but massive advance reader copies have already dropped like anvils on book editors’ desks. Covering the Nez Perce War of 1877, this is No. 5 of Vollmann's projected […]