Alec Wilkinson has been on the staff of The New Yorker since 1980 and is the author of ten books, two of which are part of Godine’s Nonpareil series: Midnights: A Year with the Wellfleet Police and Moonshine: A Life in Pursuit of White Liquor. The recipient of a Lyndhurst Prize, a Robert F. Kennedy Book Award, and a Guggenheim fellowship, Mr. Wilkinson lives in New York City.William Maxwell was an American editor, novelist, short story writer, essayist, children's author, and memoirist. He served as a fiction editor at The New Yorker from 1936 to 1975.

“Midnights is a generous slice of small-town Americana written in clear and gorgeous prose by a narrator we can all identify with. Wilkinson is the perfect guide for the murky and often hilarious world of a rural police department. As a young writer, I used this book as an example of what to emulate and what to aspire to.”—Sebastian Junger, author of Freedom“There is almost no writer I admire as much as I do Alec Wilkinson. He’s an extraordinary reporter and a writer of such grace that his stories seem illuminated from within. His work has enduring brilliance and humanity.”—Susan Orlean, author of On Animals“Midnights is both a comedy of errors and an affectionate portrait of small-town police, those beleaguered souls charged with the task of keeping their neighbors in line…..A reminder that those assigned to protect are often vulnerable and quietly heroic.”—Time“His reporter's eye for detail is omnivorous...his ear for voices is fine and precise and his perceptions of and compassion for his fellow officers are profound. Never patronizing, never amused at their expense; he portrays them as they are: underpaid, under-appreciated rural Americans struggling to make it from day to day.”—New York Times“Midnights portrays the voices and routines of believable men...Wilkinson conveys his experiences with wisdom and sophistication.”—Chicago Tribune

Alec Wilkinson has been on the staff of The New Yorker since 1980 and is the author of ten books, two of which are part of Godine’s Nonpareil series: Midnights: A Year with the Wellfleet Police and Moonshine: A Life in Pursuit of White Liquor. The recipient of a Lyndhurst Prize, a Robert F. Kennedy Book Award, and a Guggenheim fellowship, Mr. Wilkinson lives in New York City.William Maxwell was an American editor, novelist, short story writer, essayist, children's author, and memoirist. He served as a fiction editor at The New Yorker from 1936 to 1975.

“Midnights is a generous slice of small-town Americana written in clear and gorgeous prose by a narrator we can all identify with. Wilkinson is the perfect guide for the murky and often hilarious world of a rural police department. As a young writer, I used this book as an example of what to emulate and what to aspire to.”—Sebastian Junger, author of Freedom“There is almost no writer I admire as much as I do Alec Wilkinson. He’s an extraordinary reporter and a writer of such grace that his stories seem illuminated from within. His work has enduring brilliance and humanity.”—Susan Orlean, author of On Animals“Midnights is both a comedy of errors and an affectionate portrait of small-town police, those beleaguered souls charged with the task of keeping their neighbors in line…..A reminder that those assigned to protect are often vulnerable and quietly heroic.”—Time“His reporter's eye for detail is omnivorous...his ear for voices is fine and precise and his perceptions of and compassion for his fellow officers are profound. Never patronizing, never amused at their expense; he portrays them as they are: underpaid, under-appreciated rural Americans struggling to make it from day to day.”—New York Times“Midnights portrays the voices and routines of believable men...Wilkinson conveys his experiences with wisdom and sophistication.”—Chicago Tribune

Alec Wilkinson has been on the staff of The New Yorker since 1980 and is the author of ten books, two of which are part of Godine’s Nonpareil series: Midnights: A Year with the Wellfleet Police and Moonshine: A Life in Pursuit of White Liquor. The recipient of a Lyndhurst Prize, a Robert F. Kennedy Book Award, and a Guggenheim fellowship, Mr. Wilkinson lives in New York City.William Maxwell was an American editor, novelist, short story writer, essayist, children's author, and memoirist. He served as a fiction editor at The New Yorker from 1936 to 1975.

“Midnights is a generous slice of small-town Americana written in clear and gorgeous prose by a narrator we can all identify with. Wilkinson is the perfect guide for the murky and often hilarious world of a rural police department. As a young writer, I used this book as an example of what to emulate and what to aspire to.”—Sebastian Junger, author of Freedom“There is almost no writer I admire as much as I do Alec Wilkinson. He’s an extraordinary reporter and a writer of such grace that his stories seem illuminated from within. His work has enduring brilliance and humanity.”—Susan Orlean, author of On Animals“Midnights is both a comedy of errors and an affectionate portrait of small-town police, those beleaguered souls charged with the task of keeping their neighbors in line…..A reminder that those assigned to protect are often vulnerable and quietly heroic.”—Time“His reporter's eye for detail is omnivorous...his ear for voices is fine and precise and his perceptions of and compassion for his fellow officers are profound. Never patronizing, never amused at their expense; he portrays them as they are: underpaid, under-appreciated rural Americans struggling to make it from day to day.”—New York Times“Midnights portrays the voices and routines of believable men...Wilkinson conveys his experiences with wisdom and sophistication.”—Chicago Tribune