A New York Times Editors' Choice

"The spirit of Eudora Welty broods over these adroitly crafted stories set in and around coastal Alabama, evoking a world coiled tight as a conch shell."O Magazine

"Impressive...Knight pays careful, writerly attention to the details of desperation."-New York Times Book Review

An instant regional bestseller, Eveningland is Alabama-born Michael Knight's powerful short story cycle whose seven stellar tales illuminate the everyday beauty and heartache of life along the shores of serene, history-haunted Mobile Bay, in the years preceding a devastating hurricane.

"A thought-provoking and deeply satisfying reading experience, Eveningland evokes the Old South without sentimentalizing its loss." -Washington Independent Review of Books