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Recent Paperback Fiction Releases
Tayari Jones
silver spArrow
“Nakedly honest . . . Superbly charged.” —The Atlanta Journal-Consitution
“A tense, layered and evocative tale . . . Jones explores the rivalry and
connection of siblings, the meaning of beauty, the perils of young
womanhood, the complexities of romantic relationships and the
contemporary African American experience.” —Minneapolis Star Tribune
Fiction • ISBN 978-1-61620-142-5, No. 73142 • E-book ISBN 978-1-61620-153-1 · $13.95 PB
Kris D’Agostino
The sleepy hollow FAmily AlmAnAc
“D’Agostino’s tragicomic first novel is an insatiably readable tale of a family
held together with duct tape and string.” —Booklist
“A wry and sharply observed portrait, a coming-of-age story turned inside
out. D’Agostino perfectly captures the way a family talks to itself and, in
the process, makes us care deeply about these people. Highly entertaining
and surprisingly moving.” —Charles Yu, author of How to Live Safely in a
Science Fictional Universe
Fiction · ISBN 978-1-56512-951-1, No. 72951 · E-book ISBN 978-1-61620-146-3 · $13.95 PB
Michael Parker
The wATery pArT oF The world
“A lush feat of historical speculation . . . Pirates and aristocrats in one
century; elderly ladies and their handyman in another . . . But Parker has
managed to stir them together in a vivid tale.” —The Washington Post
“Parker slices open each isolated life with humor and gentleness, and the
familiar battles with loss and loneliness he chronicles make even this
remotest of locations feel close to home.” —People, four stars
“Purely wonderful . . . Impossible to put down.” —Nancy Pearl, NPR.org
Fiction · ISBN 978-1-61620-143-2, No. 73143 · E-book ISBN 978-1-61620-157-9 · $13.95 PB
Ted Heller
pockeT kings
In this dead-on satire of online obsessions, a novelist with writer’s block finds a
new—and very lucrative—stream of income in a virtual world that appears to
give him everything he lacks in the real one.
“[A] recklessly funny, sparky satire of our obsession with the virtual world.”
—Vanity Fair
“Heller’s novel about a failed writer offers an unlikable protagonist, vivid writing
and a comic depiction of our most disgraceful inner states.” —Editor’s Choice
Fiction · ISBN 978-1-56512-620-6, No. 72620 · E-book ISBN 978-1-61620-147-0 · $13.95 PB
20 | Fall/Winter 2012 Algonquin Books