by David Unger
What Heinrich would say or do was another matter.
Also available from Akashic Books
RUINS
a novel by Achy Obejas
208 pages, trade paperback original, $15.95
*A selection of the Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers program
“Usnavy, a man of tender resolve who wants only to do his part as a good revolutionary … is nimbly drawn, with genuine depth … endearing, sad and funny.”
—New York Times Book Review
“Obejas evinces a new, focused lyricism as she penetrates to the very heart of the Cuban paradox in a story as pared down and intense as its narrator’s life.”
—Booklist(*starred review*)
BLACK ORCHID BLUES
a novel by Persia Walker
272 pages, trade paperback original, $15.95
“The best kind of historical mystery: great history, great mystery, all wrapped up in a voice so authentic you feel it has come out of the past to whisper in your ear.”
—Lee Child, author of Worth Dying For
“A remarkable achievement; imagine the richly provocative atmosphere of Walter Mosley or James Ellroy’s best period work, and a savvy, truly likable heroine, and you have Black Orchid Blues. Persia Walker is a rising superstar in the mystery genre.”
—Jason Starr, best-selling author of The Pack
THE DEWEY DECIMAL SYSTEM
a novel by Nathan Larson
256 pages, trade paperback original, $15.95
“Like Motherless Brooklyn dosed with Charlie Huston, Nathan Larson’s delirious and haunting The Dewey Decimal System tips its hat, smartly, to everything from Philip K. Dick’s dystopias to Chester Himes’s grand guignol Harlem novels, while also managing to be utterly fresh, inventive, and affecting all on its own.”
—Megan Abbott, Edgar-winning author of The End of Everything
“The perfect blend of dystopia and the hard-boiled shamus. It’s great to know that there are still debut novels coming through the pipe that can knock me on my ass. With The Dewey Decimal System Nathan Larson has announced his arrival with style and clarity. I’ll be first in line for his second novel, and his twentieth.”
—Victor Gischler, author of The Pistol Poets
AMERICAN VISA
a novel by Juan de Recacoechea
260 pages, trade paperback original, $14.95
“Dark and quirky, a revealing excursion to a place over which ‘the gringos’ to the north always loom.”
—New York Times Book Review
“Beautifully written, atmospheric, and stylish in the manner of Chandler … a smart, exotic crime fiction offering.”
—George Pelecanos, author of The Turnaround
THE UNCOMFORTABLE DEAD
(WHAT’S MISSING IS MISSING)
a novel of four hands by Paco I. Taibo II & Subcomandante Marcos
304 pages, trade paperback , $15.95
*Expanded edition with bonus materials, including an interview with Subcomandante
Marcos by Gabriel García Márquez
“Great writers by definition are outriders, raiders of a sort, sweeping down from wilderness territories to disturb the peace, overrun the status quo and throw into question everything we know to be true … On its face, the novel is a murder mystery, and at the book’s heart, always, is a deep love of Mexico and its people.”
—Los Angeles Times Book Review
THE BROTHERS’ LOT
a novel by Kevin Holohan
320 pages, trade paperback original, $15.95
“Kevin Holohan’s strange yet disconcertingly recognizable world has echoes of Flann O’Brien’s and Monty Python’s, but there is rage as well as absurdist comedy. The Brother’s Lot is a memorable, skillfully wrought, and evocative satire of an Ireland that has collapsed under the weight of its contradictions.”
—Joseph O’Connor, author of Star of the Sea
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