Idra Novey’s debut novel WAYS TO DISAPPEAR received a boxed, starred review in Publishers Weekly, which said, “Idra Novey’s briskly paced first novel is a clever literary mystery and a playful portrait of the artist as a young translator…it has its share of violence and romance—it reads like an Ali Smith novel with a fun Brazilian noir vibe. But underlying these comic noir elements is an eloquent meditation on the art and anxiety of translation, as well as a story about literature as a means of revelation and concealment.....”