SPRING / SUMMER 2010 - Consortium Book Sales & Distribution

Akashic Books
10
FICTION / MYSTERY
July
A Paperback Original
Akashic Books
5¼ x 8¼ | 390 pp
Trade Paper US $15.95 | CAN $18.50
978-1-936070-12-1 CUSA
Matthew Stokoe’s fi rst mainstream
crime fi ction novel will shock and awe.
FICTION
August
6¼ x 8¼ | 280 pp
40 Color and B&W illustrations
Trade Paper US $16.95 | CAN $19.50
978-1-936070-09-1 CUSA
Previous edition ISBN: 978-1-933354-47-7
Twenty artists illustrate twenty stories
from the best-selling author of
Hairstyles of the Damned.
When Johnny Richardson comes home to the town of Oakridge, California,
he has one thing on his mind—putting right a terrible mistake he made eight
years ago. Revisiting the past, though, is a dark and dangerous game in smalltown
America. A searing meditation on the futility of trying to right the
wrongs of the past, Empty Mile blends elements of thrilling urban noir with the
wide-open spaces of outdoor adventure.
Matthew Stokoe was born in England and grew up in Australia. He presently
divides his time between Sydney and northern California. He is the author
of the groundbreaking novels Cows and High Life, and he is internationally regarded
as one of the most daring and innovative writers working today.
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Advance reader copies
“Eclectic, funny, constantly surprising—these are the things a short story collection
should be allowed to be, and Joe Meno’s Demons in the Spring absolutely
is . . . a rich, unforgettable stew of a book.”—Dave Eggers
The limited-edition hardcover of Demons in the Spring was a fi nalist for the 2009
Story Prize, a Kirkus Reviews Best Book of 2008, a Time Out Chicago Best Book of
2008, and it drew starred reviews in Publishers Weekly and Kirkus Reviews. It is a collection
of twenty short stories with illustrations by twenty artists from the fi ne
art, graphic art, and comic book worlds.
Joe Meno is the best-selling author of fi ve novels, including the smash hits
Hairstyles of the Damned and The Boy Detective Fails (both published by Akashic Books),
and two story collections. He was the winner of the 2003 Nelson Algren
Award for short fi ction and is a professor of creative writing at Columbia
College in Chicago.
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Chicago, IL • New York, NY
Empty Mile
Matthew Stokoe
Demons in the Spring
Joe Meno