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A NOVEL BY NICHOLAS ROMBES

* One of the Best Books of 2014 — 
Flavorwire

“Kafka directed by David Lynch doesn’t even come close. It is the
most hauntingly original book I’ve read in a very long time. [This book] is a strong
contender for novel of the year.” — 
3 : AM Magazine

MADE TO BREAK

A NOVEL BY D. FOY

“With influences that range from Jack Kerouac to Tom Waits and a
prose that possesses a fast, strange, perennially changing rhythm that’s somewhat
akin to some of John Coltrane’s wildest compositions.” — 
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MIRA CORPORA

A NOVEL BY JEFF JACKSON

*
Los Angeles Times
Book Prize Finalist

* One of the Best Books of 2013 — 
Slate
 ;
Salon
 ;
Flavorwire

“Style is pre-eminent in Jeff Jackson’s eerie and enigmatic debut.
The prose works like the expressionless masks worn by killers in horror
films.” — 
Wall Street Journal

ANCIENT OCEANS OF CENTRAL KENTUCKY

A NOVEL BY DAVID CONNERLEY NAHM

“Wonderful… Remarkable… it’s impossible to stop reading until
you’ve gone through each beautiful line, a beauty that infuses the whole novel, even
in its darkest moments.” — NPR

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A NOVEL BY KAROLINA WACLAWIAK

“One of my favorite books this year.” — Roxane Gay,
The
Rumpus

“Waclawiak’s novel reinvents the immigration story.” — 
New York
Times Book Review
, Editors’ Choice

I SMILE BACK

A NOVEL BY AMY KOPPELMAN

* Now a major film starring Sarah Silverman and Josh Charles !

“Powerful. Koppelman’s instincts help her navigate these choppy
waters with inventiveness and integrity.” — 
Los Angeles Times

RADIO IRIS

A NOVEL BY ANNE-MARIE KINNEY

“Kinney is a Southern California Camus.” — 
Los Angeles
Magazine

“[
Radio Iris
] has a dramatic otherworldly payoff that is
unexpected and triumphant.” — 
New York Times Book Review
, Editors’ Choice

THE PEOPLE WHO WATCHED HER PASS BY

A NOVEL BY SCOTT BRADFIELD

“Challenging [and] original… A billowy adventure of a book. In a
book that supplies few answers, Bradfield’s lavish eloquence is the presiding
constant.” — 
New York Times Book Review

“Brave and unforgettable.”

— 
Los Angeles Times

CRYSTAL EATERS

A NOVEL BY SHANE JONES

“A powerful narrative that touches on the value of every human
life, with a lyrical voice and layers of imagery and
epiphany.” — 
BuzzFeed

“[Jones is] something of a millennial Richard
Brautigan.” — 
Nylon

A QUESTIONABLE SHAPE

A NOVEL BY BENNETT SIMS

* Winner of the Bard Fiction Prize.

*
The Believer
Book Award Finalist.

* One of the Best Books of 2013 — 
Slate, Salon, NPR’s ‘On Point’
“[
A Questionable Shape
] is more than just a novel. It is literature.
It is life.” — 
The Millions

CRAPALACHIA

A NOVEL BY SCOTT McCLANAHAN

* One of the Best Books of 2013 — 
The Millions
 ;
Flavorwire
 ;
Dazed & Confused
 ;
The L Magazine
 ;
Time Out Chicago

“McClanahan’s prose is miasmic, dizzying, repetitive. A rushing
river of words that reflects the chaos and humanity of the place from which he
hails.” — 
New York Times Book Review