News in April 2017

News in April 2017

A DIVIDED SPY by Charles Cumming
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The audio edition of A Divided Spy earned a starred review from Publishers Weekly this week: “At the start of Cumming’s third Thomas Kell novel, the disillusioned, disgraced ex-British spy is still mourning the death of his paramour, Rachel Wallinger, when a former associate provides him with a way to avenge her murder. Kell convinces his former boss, MI6 chief Amelia Levene, to assist him in a plan to blackmail Russian SVR officer Alexander Minasian, whom Kell holds personally responsible for Rachel’s death...

SPACEMAN OF BOHEMIA by Jaroslav Kalfar
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Jaroslav Kalfar’s “zany first novel” SPACEMAN OF BOHEMIA receives a full page review in the New York Times Book Review, which writes, “For all the strangeness of outer space, it is the writing about his home village, the place to which he longs to return and perhaps never can, that beats strongest in this wry, melancholy book.”

DEAR CYBORGS by Eugene Lim
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In an interview with the Chicago Review of Books, Jonathan Lethem names Eugene Lim’s DEAR CYBORGS as a book he’s looking forward to: “Eugene Lim’s Dear Cyborgs blew me away with its deceptively blithe mixture of cryptic humor, philosophical ingenuity, and genuine political yearning. It made me think of Robert Bolano and Tom McCarthy. I’m hoping to reread it soon for inspiration.” FSG Originals will publish DEAR CYBORGS on June 6, 2017...

DARK AT THE CROSSING by Elliot Ackerman
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Elliot Ackerman published a feature in the new issue of Esquire, “Goodbye, my Brother,” about going back to Fallujah to confront his past there, and a new piece in Foreign Policy, “Turkey Is a Dictatorship Masquerading as a NATO Democracy.” Knopf published DARK AT THE CROSSING, his latest novel, on January 24, 2017...

STEPHEN FLORIDA by Gabe Habash
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Publishers Weekly lauded Habash’s debut STEPHEN FLORIDA in a starred review as “A striking, original, and coarsely poetic portrayal of a young man’s athletic and emotional quest.” Coffee House Press will publish the book June 6, 2017....