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Why Visit America Matthew Baker AUSTRALIA AUGUST 2020 Why Visit America Matthew Baker A twisted, exhilarating and darkly strange vision of our time, explored in thirteen interconnected episodes. Description Whatever the neighbours insisted would be worth keeping a body for, he always responded that he would still prefer to live as data. A young man breaks the news to his family that he is going to transition from an analogue body to a digital existence. A young woman abducts a child Co her own Co from a government-run childcare facility. The citizens of Plainfield, Texas, have had it with the United States. So they decide to secede, rename themselves America in memory of their former country, and set themselves up to receive tourists from their closest neighbour: America. The stories in Matthew Baker's collection portray a world within touching distance of our own. This is an America riven by dilemmas confronting so many of us Co from old age to consumerism, drugs to internet culture Co turned on its head by one of the most darkly innovative and defiantly strange voices of the moment. About the Author Matthew Baker is the author of the story collection Hybrid Creatures. His stories have appeared in the Paris Review, American Short Fiction, New England Review, One Story, Electric Literature and Conjunctions, and in anthologies including Best of the Net and Best Small Fictions. A recipient of grants and fellowships from the Fulbright Commission and the MacDowell Colony, among many others, he has an MFA from Vanderbilt University, where he was the founding editor of Nashville Review. Born in Michigan, he currently lives in New York City. Price: AU $29.99 NZ $32.99 ISBN: 9781526618399 Format: C-Format PB Package Type: PAPERBACK Dimensions: 0h x 0w mm Extent: 336 pages Bic1: Short stories Bic2: Author now living: Bloomsbury AUSTRALIA AUGUST 2020 Why Visit America 8 Copy Pack Contains 8 copies of Why Visit America, plus a free reading copy Description Contains 8 copies of Why Visit America, plus a free reading copy About the Author Price: AU $239.92 NZ $263.92 ISBN: 9781472999504 Format: Pack Package Type: MIXTURES PACK Dimensions: 0h x 0w mm Extent: 0 pages Bic1: Miscellaneous items Bic2: Author now living: Bloomsbury AUSTRALIA AUGUST 2020 Nothing Can Hurt You Nicola Maye Goldberg The Virgin Suicides meets Little Fires Everywhere: inspired by a true story, this haunting novel pieces together a chorus of voices to explore the aftermath of a college student's death Description 'Captivating, serpentine and affecting ... It subverts the tropes of the 'dead girl' genre in ways that impart its female characters with a dark majesty and mystery all their own' Megan Abbott 'Gripping, sharp and sultry Co I couldn't put it down' Pandora Sykes The Virgin Suicides meets Little Fires Everywhere: inspired by a true story, this haunting novel pieces together a chorus of voices to explore the aftermath of a college student's death On a cold day in 1997, student Sara Morgan was killed in the woods surrounding her liberal arts college in upstate New York. Her boyfriend, Blake Campbell, confessed, only to be acquitted following a plea of temporary insanity. In the wake of this senseless act of violence, the case comes to haunt a strange and surprising network of community members, from the young woman who discovers Sara's body to the junior reporter who senses its connection to convicted local serial killer John Logan. As the years pass, others search for retribution or explanation: including Sara's half-sister who, stifled by her family's bereft silence about Blake, poses as a babysitter and seeks out her own form of justice, while the teenager Sara used to babysit starts writing to Logan in prison. A propulsive, taut tale of voyeurism and obsession, Nothing Can Hurt You dares to examine gendered violence not as an anomaly, but as the very core of everyday life. Tracing the concentric circles of violence rippling out from Sara's murder, Nicole Maye Goldberg masterfully conducts an unforgettable chorus of disparate voices. About the Author Nicole Maye Goldberg is a graduate of Bard College and Columbia University. She is the author of Other Women and The Doll Factory. Her work has appeared in CrimeReads, The Quietus, Queen Mob's Teahouse, Winter Tangerine, among others. She lives in New York City. Price: AU $29.99 NZ $32.99 ISBN: 9781526619488 Format: C-Format PB Package Type: PAPERBACK Dimensions: 0h x 0w mm Extent: 224 pages Bic1: Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945) Bic2: Author now living: Raven Books AUSTRALIA AUGUST 2020 Nothing Can Hurt You 8 Copy Pack Contains 8 copies of Nothing Can Hurt You, plus a free reading copy Description Contains 8 copies of Nothing Can Hurt You, plus a free reading copy About the Author Price: AU $239.92 NZ $263.92 ISBN: 9781472999511 Format: Pack Package Type: MIXTURES PACK Dimensions: 0h x 0w mm Extent: 0 pages Bic1: Miscellaneous items Bic2: Author now living: Bloomsbury AUSTRALIA AUGUST 2020 The Dead Line Holly Watt They take the girls C The frantic message will propel investigative journalist Casey Benedict on a breakneck race to find those who have been taken Co and those who are taking. Can she uncover the truth without betraying the trust of those who will be destroyed if this story is made public? Description THE TIMES THRILLER OF THE MONTH A Bangladeshi camp. A British ambassador. A Harley Street doctor. Investigative journalist Casey Benedict is used to working on stories that will take her from the bottom to the top of society Co stories with a huge human cost. And her latest case is no different. A frantic message is found hidden in clothes manufactured for the British high street. They take the girls C Casey and her team at the Post know they are on the brink of a major expos but identifying the factories in which the clothes have been made is one challenge, following the trail of those taken is another. Their attempts to find the girls will take Casey from her London newsroom across the world and into the very heart of families who will be destroyed if what she uncovers is ever revealed. About the Author Holly Watt is an award-winning investigative journalist who worked on MPs expenses and the Panama Papers. She has written for the Sunday Times, the Daily Telegraph and the Guardian. Her debut, To The Lions,won the 2019 CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger and was shortlisted for the Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Prize and the Capital Crime Amazon Publishing Readers' Awards. @holly_watt Price: AU $29.99 NZ $32.99 ISBN: 9781526602930 Format: C-Format PB Package Type: PAPERBACK Dimensions: 0h x 0w mm Extent: 384 pages Bic1: Fiction & related items Bic2: Author now living: Raven Books AUSTRALIA AUGUST 2020 To The Lions Holly Watt Winner of the Crime Writers' Association Ian Fleming Steel Dagger - a brilliant international thriller and the start of an outstanding new series featuring an undercover journalist Description WINNER OF THE 2019 CWA IAN FLEMING STEEL DAGGER SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2019 WILBUR SMITH ADVENTURE WRITING PRIZE CHOSEN AS A TIMES, SUNDAY TIMES, TELEGRAPH AND GUARDIAN BOOK OF THE YEAR 'A dark trail of murder, political corruption and lies' i A journalist must follow the clues, no matter how far that takes her. Casey Benedict, star reporter at the Post, has infiltrated the lives and exposed the lies of countless politicians and power players. Using her network of contacts, Casey is always on the search for the next big story, no matter how much danger this might place her in, no matter what cost emotionally. Tipped off by an overheard conversation at an exclusive London nightclub, she begins to investigate the apparent suicide of a wealthy young British man, whose death has left his fianc e and family devastated. Casey's determined hunt for the truth will take her from the glitz of St-Tropez to the deserts of Libya and on to the very darkest corners of the human mind. 'Sensational! I loved it. Superbly plotted, and what a brilliant series lead!' Clare Mackintosh The Dead Line, the second in the Casey Benedict series, publishes in April 2020 and is available for pre-order now About the Author As an award-winning investigative journalist, Holly Watt worked on MPs Expenses and the Panama Papers. She has written for the Sunday Times, the Daily Telegraph and the Guardian. She lives in London. @holly_watt Price: AU $19.99 NZ $21.99 ISBN: 9781526602114 Format: B Package Type: PAPERBACK Dimensions: 196h x 130w mm Extent: 448 pages Bic1: Thriller / suspense Bic2: Author now living: Raven Books AUSTRALIA AUGUST 2020 How to Pronounce Knife Souvankham Thammavongsa A revelatory debut collection from an essential new voice in world literature - 'There is not a moment off in these affecting stories' Sheila Heti Description 'Sharp and vital' DAISY JOHNSON 'I love these stories' HELEN OYEYEMI 'A riveting, subversive collection' MADELEINE THIEN In her stunning debut, Souvankham Thammavongsa captures the day-to-day lives of immigrants and refugees in a nameless city, illuminating hopes, disappointments, love affairs, and above all, the pursuit of a place to belong. An ex-boxer turned nail salon worker falls for a pair of immaculate hands; a mother and daughter harvest earthworms in the middle of the night; a country music-obsessed housewife abandons her family for fantasy; and a young girl's love for her father transcends language. Uncannily and intimately observed, written with prose of exceptional precision, the stories in How to Pronounce Knife speak of modern location and dislocation, revealing lives lived in the embrace of isolation and severed history Co but not without joy, humour, resilience, and constant wonder at the workings of the world.
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