06/18/2026
Cue the fireworks. Drew Nellins Smith’s WINCE releases Fourth of July 2026. Pre-order now at bookshop.org, select indie bookstores, and major e-retailers.
“It takes guts to let a guy like Wince narrate your novel, but it takes a whole lot of skill to avoid caricature and to render up a real person.” —Chris Bachelder, author of The Throwback Special
“Imagine a James Ellroy character in a Charles Portis novel—or maybe the reverse.” —Tobias Carroll, author of Ex-Members
“Imagine a Coen Brothers adaptation of a Ross Macdonald novel about contemporary McMansion Gun Culture.” —Dan Choan, author of One of Us
“A guy whom you might not want to sit next to on the couch, but who is hard to take your eyes off.” —Ted Conover, author of Newjack
“He’d be the first person I’d call if I was having a serious crisis. I loved this book.” —Patrick Hoffman, author of Friends Helping Friends
“Funny, profane, sly and bruising... a hero (anti-hero, unhero) for our time.” —Sam Lipsyte, author of The Ask
“Wince shows that guns are never just guns—they’re history, memory, manhood, and fulfillment of some of the darkest American fantasies.” —Dr. Andrew McKevitt, author of Gun Country
“Taking a smart, but arrogant gun nut/coked out slob and making him into a likeable character would seem like an almost impossible task for any writer.” —Donald Ray Pollack, author of The Devil All the Time
“Part joker, part smoker, part midnight toker, his life may be off the rails but he is a man redeemed by a code.” —Mark Sarvas, author of
“Wince gets at something about America’s relationship with fi****ms with a vividness that policy arguments often miss.” Robert Spitzer, author of The Politics of Gun Control
“The aging-Gen X crime novel I didn’t know I needed until I found myself unable to put it down.” —Justin Taylor, author of Reboot
“A Chekhovian dive into the spiritual desolation of the American West.” —Nico Walker, author of Cherry
“Wince is no cartoon villain... [Smith] puts a human face on the unsettling extreme of white male grievance culture.” —Dr. David Yamane, author of Gun Curious
