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Paperback reissue of indie sensation Joe Meno's debut novel.

On the heels of Brooklyn, Manhattan, and the Bronx, the borough of Queens enters the chambers of noir.

A truly exciting American debut for a Nigerian writer on Chris Abani's new poetry imprint.

Karen Harryman's lyrical voyage launches Nigerian author Chris Abani's visionary new poetry imprint, Black Goat.

The second installment from the daring Hotel St. George imprint.

The first book of plays from New York City's most respected literary chronicler

Summer 1987. Lillian Ginger Speck, high-school graduate, sits in her jail cell contemplating the steps and missteps that led her to murder soap opera star Brooke Harrison in cold blood one bright and muggy New York afternoon. Lily had admired the young star for some time, and her loss is palpable. Her story is therefore part apologia, part love note and suicide pact. Meanwhile, Brooke Harrison's mother has a tale of her own to tell. In this edgy and compelling "whydunit," the accounts of predator and victim intertwine. The result is a wry exploration of the contemporary American melting pot of status, beauty, celebrity, violence, and obsession.

The debul novel from the art-rock pioneer and frontman of Primus.

In this collection, virtuosos of the genre meet up with the best of San Francisco's literary fiction community. Contributers include Barry Gifford, Robert Mailer Anderson, Michelle Tea, Peter Plate, Kate Braverman, Domenic Stansberry, David Corbett, Eddie Muller, and Alejandro Murguia.

Kamikaze Lust puts a crackling, rapid-fire spin on a traditional theme--young woman in search of herself--and stands it on its head.

Mystery writing titan Lawrence Block takes a bite into Manhattan crime.

Bestselling mystery author George Pelecanos dazzles and terrifies with his first-ever anthology.

Award-wnning L.A. Times columnist Scheer offers unique insider perspectives on every president from Nixon to Bush Jr.

Bestselling mystery queenpin Laura Lippman and cohorts dissect their own city with a vengeance.

Derek McCormack's most compelling work yet is his second selection in Dennis Cooper's groundbreaking Little House on the Bowery fiction series.

The inspiration for the Merchant Ivory film starring Kris Kristofferson and Barbara Hershey.

Corporate attorney Leslie Cauldwell is middle-aged, handsome, and rich, but has only a few swipes left on his mental Metrocard. During a rough sex session, he garrotes his beloved wife; now he's an officially designated "sex offender," off on a bender, looking for love in all the wrong places. Twenty years earlier, when his office was high above the pornographic purgatory of Times Square, Leslie became involved with the adult-film star, Sky Pacifica. She needed a refuge, and he was ripe for the using. Following a brief fling, each went their own way. Two decades later, in 2001, Leslie is still working in Times Square--recently sanitized with its ESPN Zone and MTV window--and fraught with guilt about the "accident" with his wife. Like Jay Gatsby pursuing an erotic American dream, Leslie, with the help of a private detective, hunts down Sky Pacifica, his latter-day Daisy. Across a landscape of S&M mistresses and porn producers, from L.A. of the '80s to New York of the new millennium, we see a modern-day tale of love and loss, innocence and corruption, crime and redemption.

The second installment from Dennis Cooper's groundbreaking Little House on the Bowery series.

The debut novel from Akashic's new imprint, PUNK PLANET BOOKS!

Following Akashic's success with Moscow Noir, this new volumes explore the dark beating heart of Russia's cultural mecca.