Trouble the Saints
A Novel
$37.00
- Paperback
352 pages
- Release Date
25 January 2022
Summary
“Juju assassins, alternate history, a gritty New York crime story…in a word: awesome.” -N.K. Jemisin, New York Times bestselling author of The Fifth Season
The dangerous magic of The Night Circus meets the powerful historical exploration of The Underground Railroad in Alaya Dawn Johnson’s timely and unsettling novel, set against the darkly glamorous backdrop of New York City, where an assassin falls in love and tries to change her fate at the dawn of World War II.
Amid the whi…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781250175359 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1250175356 |
| Author: | Alaya Dawn Johnson |
| Publisher: | St Martin's Press |
| Imprint: | St Martin's Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 352 |
| Release Date: | 25 January 2022 |
| Weight: | 300g |
| Dimensions: | 135mm x 208mm |
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Critics Review
“This is a beautifully written book.” -The New York Times
“Juju assassins, alternate history, a gritty New York crime story… in a word: awesome” –N.K. Jemisin, New York Times bestselling author of The Fifth Season
“Beware this magnificent beguilement of a novel: once begun, Alaya Dawn Johnson’s Trouble the Saints won’t let you go.” –Kelly Link, New York Times bestselling author of Get In Trouble
“A knotty, painful, gorgeously told historical fantasy in which nobody’s hands are clean, nobody escapes the consequences of their own actions and the past will not stay buried” -NPR, Best Books of 2020
“Beautiful prose and an omnipresent sense of regret build an intense, dark mood throughout the whole book. Johnson explores the intersection of race, violence and personal identity in this powerful, passionate story.” –Bookpage, “Science Fiction & Fantasy: August 2020”
“Johnson’s secret history is a nuanced portrait of racism in all of its poisonous flavors, brutally overt and unsuccessfully covert. In musical prose, she also offers passionate and painful depictions of the love expressed in romance and friendship and the sacrifices such love can demand. A sad, lovely, and blood-soaked song of a book.” –Kirkus Reviews, starred review
“Literary firecracker” –Publishers Weekly
“If you wanted a heavily character-driven narrative, laced with mysticism, this is for you…Demanding of attention and a reader with intention, this story carries a girth that will satisfy literary and historical fiction readers alike.” –Goodreads
“Expect a multidimensional approach to the context of the early 1940s, complete with World War II, being non-white in America, and misogyny, and how its characters imperfectly wade through it as they hurt, heal, protect, and betray… A wonderfully deep read for the forlorn New Yorker’s heart.” –Black Nerd Problems
Alaya Dawn Johnson
Alaya Dawn Johnson has been recognized for her short fiction and YA novels, winning the 2015 Nebula Award for Best Novelette for “A Guide to the Fruits of Hawai’i.” Her debut YA novel, The Summer Prince, was longlisted for the National Book Award. Her follow up YA novel, Love is the Drug, won the Andre Norton Award in 2015. She is currently based in Mexico City, though travels frequently to New York.
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