Canty to Read His New Book "The Underworld"

Kevin Canty will be presenting his new book, "The Underworld" Saturday, May 20 at 7 p.m. at the Grizzly Claw Trading Company The event is sponsored by Alpine Artisans Open Book Club.

Professor Canty is in the English Department at the University of Montana and is the author of five previous novels and three short story collections.

In "The Underworld," Canty tells a story inspired by the 1973 Sunshine Silver Mine disaster near Kellogg, Idaho, that killed 91 miners. Rather than a detailed recreation of the disaster itself, he focuses on the views of three residents as they grieve and attempt to...