Description: "...the best mystery you missed in 2008...Tense and funny, "Go With Me" glides on pitch-perfect dialogue and a humdinger finale. - Cleveland Plain Dealer "Castle...knows the territory well here, whether of the woods or the human heart. Go With Me is a fine testament to his considerable talents." - Hartford Courant "[An] elegant little thriller about cunning versus cruelty . . . [a] pure delight, thanks to Freeman''s streamlined storytelling, dead-on dialogue, and lyrical descriptions of the bleak, woodsy landscape." - O magazine "This unusual little gem of a book is part comic romp and part nail-biting thriller...Castle Freeman writes with both wit and a deep understanding of the human psyche, and he does not cheat us out of a dramatic climax." - The Guardian "Reminiscent of Cormac McCarthy...Go With Me is at once wry, primal, epic and impossible to put down. I''m telling you the same thing I told the writer Richard Price: You must read this." - Charles Bock, bestselling author of BEAUTIFUL CHILDREN, on NPR''s "You Must Read This" "In this compact little gem of a novel two unlikely heroes help a stubborn woman track down a villainous bully. It''s a tale of love and justice and it''s beautifully constructed, with lightness and with expertise, out of north country conversations so quietly funny that every page brings a smile." - Reeve Lindbergh, author of Forward From Here: Leaving Middle Age--and Other Unexpected Adventures "There is a clear moral arc to this storyline, and suspense too. But GO WITH ME is also a literary novel, with echoes of "Deliverance" and Cormac McCarthy...Mr. Freeman adroitly captures the feel of played-out Vermont towns and people, and his dialogue has a terse, almost humorous, cadence." - Wall Street Journal "A fast, memorable read gooey with atmosphere, Go With Me is a gem that sparkles with sly insight and cuts like a knife." - Boston Globe "Castle Freeman Jr. packs more story into 160 pages than more famous authors could fit into twice as many...Go With Me is a dialogue-driven, take-the-law-into-your-own-hands story that is slick with humor and musings on pop culture, aging and American women." - USA Today "GO WITH ME ambles along with that ... mixture of corny irony and shrewd wisdom... These guys have a sweetness and slyness about them that''s affecting. ''They don''t change,'' Freeman writes. ''Time doesn''t pass for them.'' You could say the same for good storytelling like this." - Washington Post "This gem of a novel by Vermont author Freeman may bring him the larger audience he so richly deserves...Freeman turns this fablelike story into a surprisingly suspenseful showdown. And the artful cutaways to the old-timers'' priceless, extremely funny conversations add another level of richness to the tale." - Booklist "One of the smartest novels we''ve read in a long time." - Time Out Chicago "Freeman''s ear is flawless. The dialogue is taut, funny, wise, poignant, deceptively simple and only on occasion profane. . . . The description is astute and often beautiful." - The Times-Argus (VT) The Times-Argus (VT) The Times-Argus (Vermont) "[An] elegant little thriller about cunning versus cruelty . . . [a] pure delight, thanks to Freeman''s streamlined storytelling, dead-on dialogue, and lyrical descriptions of the bleak, woodsy landscape. This is a meticulous New England miniature, with not a wasted word." - O magazine "This nimble thriller is the literary equivalent of a fierce bantamweight fighter: Short but muscular and lightning quick, it packs a surprising punch . . . Freeman has a flawless ear for dialogue and a sharp eye for quirky detail . . . Superb." - People (Critic''s Choice) "What a spiffy little yarn, loose and funny and, at a few key junctures, righteously bloody...The book takes just a few hours to read--about the running time of the swell indie movie someone should make from this offbeat charmer." - Entertainment Weekly "Like its young heroine, Lillian, Freeman''s trim powerhouse is ''a pistol.'' ...Freeman''s beautifully cadenced dialogue is rich with humor, philosophic depth and a near-mythic sensibility." - Publishers Weekly

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