PRE-ORDER! Publishes 10/05/21
I could not put this book down. James Han Mattson crafts amazing characters and brings them all together as contestants in a surreal full-contact haunted house gameshow. Learning how each character came to be part of the team, and how one character ends up dead makes this an elevated literary page-turner addressing important questions of race, sexuality, and desperate American capitalism.
I can't think of another writer with so many tools at their disposal. That's one thing, but to be able to use those tools to cut right to the most crucial questions makes Abdurraqib the best writer of our time. Using memoir, cultural critique, history, and poetry, this book examines what it means to perform whether on stage or in your own personal space. This is a wild ride that will break your heart, but if you can hold on long enough, Aburraqib can build it back up.
If you've read an essay or a poem of Hanif's, then you already know - here is one of the most talented writers around. He has the ability to absolutely blindside you with a sentence and remind you why writing matters. (Like Chuck Klosterman, but better.)
If it helps, just tell yourself you're reading sci-fi. That makes Kolbert your field guide through a chaotic world of looming life-threatening disasters and plucky renegade scientists dreaming up fantastical ways to combat them. Will our heroes convince the world to take action, or will their efforts lead to further catastrophe?
I just keep thinking about this book. A book about capitalism, domestic work, race, marketing, and bloody history and revenge. Hubbard crafts her characters with great care.
(If you like this, you'll probably like "Barn 8")
A gruesome, wild ride that gets in your head and twists it around. Graham Jones combines classic haunted house and slasher tropes then blindsides his unsuspecting characters with a malevolent force bent on revenge. It's the stuff of nightmares.
I absolutely loved this book! With a breakneck non-linear structure and poetic Melville/Steinbeck-esque musings on mass extinction, hens, fate, and so much more, "Barn8" has something to offer with every sentence. You'll laugh, cry, and want to grab a drink with the author.
(If you liked this, you'll probably like "The Rib King")
"An absolute delight from the jump. With sharp humor like Vonnegut and lovely characters, Williams had me laughing out loud. This book is for lovers of words, absurdity, and the absurdity of words."
-Kevin
Keefe's fast-paced narrative style makes this a hard book to put down. A heartbreaking look into moral ambiguity, righteousness, and how one's actions are remembered.
--Kevin
One of those supernatural-bayou based-atmospheric-literary chillers. Dark and raw. Like "House of Leaves" meets "True Detective" season one. "Sounds creepy and awful," says Secret Garden owner, Christy. It is! And I couldn't put it down.
--Kevin
Green drops you into 80's/90's New York and lets you feel the horror of a brutal yet forgotten serial killer on the loose. Safe spaces are quickly disappearing. The media is mostly disinterested in your plight. And after decades of violence and antagonistic behavior, the police are here to help. Good luck.
