In his debut novel, THE FOURTH HOUSE, Kerry has written about what he knows well – the desires of escape, ambition, forgiveness, secrets, lies, sexual mores, and the pull of coming home again. As the son of a church organist and grandson of a coal miner, Kerry grew up in Frackville, Pennsylvania, a town with a “population of 4,000 and shrinking.” Born in a hospital founded by the father of author John O’Hara (Appointment in Samara, Pal Joey, Butterfield 8), Kerry has returned to invade his literary idol’s “Pennsylvania Protectorate;” picking up, so to speak, where the late Mr. O’Hara left off. more...
