PAINTED HORSES by Malcolm Brooks has been chosen as a Fall 2014 Discover Great New Writers selection at Barnes & Noble. In a starred review, Library Journal said of PAINTED HORSES that it is “an outstanding debut novel that will linger in the reader’s mind,” and in a starred review Publishers Weekly said that “Brook’s debut captures the grandeur of the American West.” The author will be reading from his critically acclaimed novel at the Upper West Side Barnes and Noble on Wednesday, September 17th at 7:00 PM. Grove Atlantic published the book on August 5th, 2014.