The Gospel According to Cane
After her infant son is kidnapped, Beverley Cottrell’s marriage fails. Years later, could a mysterious, lurking young man be her long-lost son?
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Courttia Newland
COURTTIA NEWLAND is the author of seven books including his much-lauded debut, The Scholar. His last novel, The Gospel According to Cane, was published by Akashic in 2013. In 2016 he was awarded the Roland Rees Bursary for playwriting. As a screenwriter, he has written two episodes of the Steve McQueen BBC series Small Axe. A River Called Time is his latest book.
Author Events
- Apr 11, 2021: VIRTUAL EVENT: Courttia Newland, Rivers Solomon, Denise Hamilton – Politics & Prose
- Apr 17, 2021: VIRTUAL EVENT: Courttia Newland, Victor LaValle, Naomi Jackson–City Lights
Titles
A River Called Time
Forthcoming: 4/6/21
A monumental speculative fiction story of love, loyalty, politics, and conscience, set in parallel Londons.
Now available for preorder. All preorders will ship on or before April 6, 2021.
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Black History Digit
In celebration of the release of Black History Month, our Black History Digit includes excerpts from our two February Releases—Nowhere Is a Place by Bernice L. McFadden and The Gospel According to Cane by Courttia Newland—along with Chris Abani’s Becoming Abigail and Kola Boof’s The Sexy Part of the Bible.