All Waiting Is Long
The much-anticipated sequel to Barbara J. Taylor’s best-selling debut novel, Sing in the Morning, Cry at Night.
Catalog Tag: literary fiction
The Angels’ Share
A Jamaican father and his adult son travel across the island together in a touching and humorous novel that explores family reconciliation.
The Five Books of (Robert) Moses
A dramatic, playful, brutal, sweeping, and always entertaining reimagining of New York City history, presaging today’s political tyranny.
Knucklehead
A fierce, intelligent, and often hilarious novel about a young African American attorney who struggles to keep his cool in the personally and politically turbulent ’90s.
Mouths Don’t Speak
A Haitian immigrant in the US tries to stay emotionally afloat after the 2010 Haitian earthquake rips her family apart.
Mr. Loverman
A groundbreaking, hilarious novel about two elder gay Caribbean men coming to terms with being closeted in a changing world.
The Narcissism of Small Differences
A hilarious and poignant novel about growing up, buying in, selling out, and the death of irony.
Out of Mesopotamia
Informed by firsthand experience on the battlefronts of Iraq and Syria, Abdoh captures the horror, confusion, and absurdity of combat from a seldom-glimpsed perspective that expands our understanding of the war novel.
*While supplies last, books ordered through the website will include a bookplate SIGNED by author Salar Abdoh!
Polar Vortex
A novel reminiscent of the works of Herman Koch and Rachel Cusk, in which a lesbian couple attempts to escape the secrets of their pasts.
Sing in the Morning, Cry at Night
A page-turning debut novel set in Scranton, Pennsylvania, during the height of coal mining, vaudeville, and evangelism.
A Tall History of Sugar
A haunting, epic Caribbean love story, reminiscent of García Márquez’s Love in the Time of Cholera.
Forthcoming Titles
A Million Aunties
Forthcoming: 11/17/20
American-born artist Chris is forced to reconsider his conception of family during a visit to his mother’s Caribbean homeland.
Now available for preorder. All preorders will ship on or before November 17, 2020.
Here Lies a Father
Forthcoming: 1/5/21
Fifteen-year-old Ian Daly’s moral universe is turned upside down when, at his father’s funeral, he discovers that his father had two secret families.
Now available for preorder. All preorders will ship on or before January 5, 2021.
Prayer for the Living
Forthcoming: 2/2/21
Topical and timely, Booker Prize–winning author Ben Okri’s new collection of short stories blurs parallel realities and walks the line between darkness and magic.
Now available for preorder. All preorders will ship on or before February 2, 2021.
Speculative Los Angeles
Forthcoming: 2/2/21
The debut title of a new city-based anthology series featuring stories with speculative, sci-fi, and paranormal themes.
Now available for preorder. All preorders will ship on or before February 2, 2021.
Creatures of Passage
Forthcoming: 3/16/21
With echoes of Toni Morrison’s Beloved, Yejidé’s novel explores a forgotten quadrant of Washington, DC, and the ghosts that haunt it.
Now available for preorder. All preorders will ship on or before March 16, 2021.
The Third Mrs. Galway
Forthcoming: 7/6/21
Antislavery agitation is rocking Utica in 1835 when a young bride discovers an enslaved family hiding in her shed, setting in motion the exhumation of long-buried family secrets.
Now available for preorder. All preorders will ship on or before July 6, 2021.