Rainey Royal (Deluxe Edition)
$41.52
- Paperback
272 pages
- Release Date
12 May 2026
Summary
A novel in stories of scarred and luminous beauty that build into the harrowing, heartbreaking, and ultimately affirming story of a young artist.
Now in a deluxe anniversary reissue, featuring a new introduction by Jessica Anya Blau.
The acclaimed novel of girlhood, friendship, and sexuality set in the bohemian Greenwich Village of 1970, with a new introduction by Jessica Anya Blau.
Fourteen-year-old Rainey Royal—fierce, gifted, and dangerously magnetic—lives in a once…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781641298223 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1641298227 |
| Author: | Dylan Landis |
| Publisher: | Soho Press |
| Imprint: | Soho Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 272 |
| Release Date: | 12 May 2026 |
| Weight: | 369g |
| Dimensions: | 139mm x 209mm |
| Series: | The Rainey Royal Cycle |
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Critics Review
Praise for Rainey Royal
“Fierce, winning, and sharp as a blade.”
—Vanity Fair
“Rainey will remain in my mind forever as one of my favorite characters.”
—ELLE
“Wild, dangerous, sometimes certain and other times totally lost, Rainey is a fascinating, unique character.”
—Los Angeles Times
“It’s difficult to remember a novel that was more continually on edge than Rainey Royal, a series of fraught moments that never seem to let off any psychic steam … beautifully drawn.”
—Chicago Tribune
Dylan Landis
Dylan Landis is the author of three works of fiction in the Rainey Royal Cycle set in 1970s Greenwich Village:
- List of All Possible Desires (forthcoming novel in stories)
- Rainey Royal (novel, a New York Times Editors’ Choice)
- Normal People Don’t Live Like This (novel in stories)
Her work has appeared in O. Henry Prize Stories, Best American Nonrequired Reading, and other anthologies. She has received a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship in fiction and lives in Los Angeles.
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