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The Algonquin Reader: Fall 2015
Get an inside look at Algonquin’s outstanding forthcoming fiction with the Fall 2015 Algonquin Reader. Discover the inspiration behind each book through an original essay by the author. Then enjoy a free preview of each novel.
This Is Your Life, Harriet Chance! by Jonathan Evison
On Sale September 8, 2015
“Once again, Jonathan Evison dazzles . . . This Is Your Life, Harriet Chance! is as sweet as it is inventive, profound as it is hilarious, unflinching as it is bighearted.” —Maria Semple, author of Where’d You Go, Bernadette
The Muralist by B. A. Shapiro
On Sale November 3, 2015
“Shapiro once again pens the art world into vivid, sensual life. If you liked The Art Forger , you're going to love The Muralist !” —Lisa Genova, author of Still Alice
The Last September by Nina de Gramont
On Sale September 15, 2015
“A moody murder mystery . . . De Gramont's latest boasts lovely, understated writing, sharply drawn settings--Boulder, Amherst, and Cape Cod--and, once again, characters who are irresistibly attractive, flawed, and dangerous . . . But it is also an emotionally intense study of how a transcendent love becomes a fraying marriage . . . A fine literary whodunit from an accomplished storyteller.” — Kirkus Reviews
And West Is West by Ron Childress
On Sale October 13, 2015
“This compelling debut novel, which won the PEN/Bellwether Prize for Socially Engaged Fiction, dramatically examines the insidious role unrestrained technology plays in the moral and ethical corruption of people, institutions, and government . . . This is an excellent, suspenseful story.” — Publishers Weekly
Only Love Can Break Your Heart by Ed Tarkington
On Sale January 5, 2016
“Kept me turning pages enthralled. Only Love Can Break Your Heart is part The Graduate , part southern gothic dysfunctional family, part Edisto , part The Moviegoer . It’s all Ed Tarkington, though. Funny, desperate, sad, tender, suspenseful, intelligent, insightful, and full of nothing but heart, heart, heart.” —George Singleton, author of Between Wrecks
The Fall of Princes by Robert Goolrick
On Sale August 25, 2015
“A heart-wrenching, beautiful, darkly comic, deeply necessary tale that stuns again and again with razor-sharp prose and glittering wit. Goolrick is, without question, one of the greatest storytellers of our time.” —Téa Obreht, author of The Tiger's Wife
Cover art by Melinda Beck
This Is Your Life, Harriet Chance! by Jonathan Evison
On Sale September 8, 2015
“Once again, Jonathan Evison dazzles . . . This Is Your Life, Harriet Chance! is as sweet as it is inventive, profound as it is hilarious, unflinching as it is bighearted.” —Maria Semple, author of Where’d You Go, Bernadette
The Muralist by B. A. Shapiro
On Sale November 3, 2015
“Shapiro once again pens the art world into vivid, sensual life. If you liked The Art Forger , you're going to love The Muralist !” —Lisa Genova, author of Still Alice
The Last September by Nina de Gramont
On Sale September 15, 2015
“A moody murder mystery . . . De Gramont's latest boasts lovely, understated writing, sharply drawn settings--Boulder, Amherst, and Cape Cod--and, once again, characters who are irresistibly attractive, flawed, and dangerous . . . But it is also an emotionally intense study of how a transcendent love becomes a fraying marriage . . . A fine literary whodunit from an accomplished storyteller.” — Kirkus Reviews
And West Is West by Ron Childress
On Sale October 13, 2015
“This compelling debut novel, which won the PEN/Bellwether Prize for Socially Engaged Fiction, dramatically examines the insidious role unrestrained technology plays in the moral and ethical corruption of people, institutions, and government . . . This is an excellent, suspenseful story.” — Publishers Weekly
Only Love Can Break Your Heart by Ed Tarkington
On Sale January 5, 2016
“Kept me turning pages enthralled. Only Love Can Break Your Heart is part The Graduate , part southern gothic dysfunctional family, part Edisto , part The Moviegoer . It’s all Ed Tarkington, though. Funny, desperate, sad, tender, suspenseful, intelligent, insightful, and full of nothing but heart, heart, heart.” —George Singleton, author of Between Wrecks
The Fall of Princes by Robert Goolrick
On Sale August 25, 2015
“A heart-wrenching, beautiful, darkly comic, deeply necessary tale that stuns again and again with razor-sharp prose and glittering wit. Goolrick is, without question, one of the greatest storytellers of our time.” —Téa Obreht, author of The Tiger's Wife
Cover art by Melinda Beck
64 pages, Kindle Edition
First published October 6, 2015
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November 24, 2015
A great sampler of the upcoming Algonquin releases. The two stand out titles for me were 'This Is Your Life, Harriet Chance!' by Jonathan Evison, which in just a few pages gives you a great intro to Harriet and leaves you wanting to find out more, and 'The Last September' by Nina de Gramont, the tale of an idyllic life on Cape Cod rent asunder by a murder. Definitely adding these two to my 'to read list'.
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