Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
The author of the critically acclaimed, Campbell Award-winning
Central Station returns with a subversive new novel evoking
The Yiddish Policemen's Union and
The City and the City.
When pulp-fiction writer Lior Tirosh returns to his homeland in East Africa, much has changed. Palestina--a Jewish state established in the early 20th century--is constructing a massive border wall to keep out African refugees. Unrest in the capital, Ararat, is at fever pitch.
While searching for his missing niece, Tirosh begins to act as though he is a detective from one of his own novels. He is pursued by ruthless members of the state's security apparatus while unearthing deadly conspiracies and impossible realities. For if it is possible for more than one Palestina to exist, the barriers between the worlds are beginning to break.
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*A Publishers Weekly Best Book of 2018
"Lavie Tidhar does it again. Magnificent."--Warren Ellis
Lior Tirosh is a semi-successful author of pulp fiction, an inadvertent time traveler, and an ongoing source of disappointment to his father.
Tirosh has returned to his homeland in East Africa. But Palestina--a Jewish state founded in the early 20th century--has grown dangerous. The government is building a vast border wall to keep out African refugees. Unrest in Ararat City is growing. And Tirosh's childhood friend, trying to deliver a warning, has turned up dead in his hotel room.
A state security officer has now identified Tirosh as a suspect in a string of murders. A rogue agent is stalking Tirosh through transdimensional rifts--possible futures that can only be prevented by avoiding the mistakes of the past.
From the bestselling author of Central Station comes an extraordinary new novel recalling China Mi ville and Michael Chabon, entertaining and subversive in equal measures.
Synopsis
Selected as a Best Book of 2018 by Library Journal, Publishers Weekly, UK Guardian, and NPR From the bestselling author of Central Station comes an extraordinary new novel recalling China Mi ville and Michael Chabon, entertaining and subversive in equal measures.
Lior Tirosh is a semi-successful author of pulp fiction, an inadvertent time traveler, and an ongoing source of disappointment to his father.
Tirosh has returned to his homeland in East Africa. But Palestina--a Jewish state founded in the early 20th century--has grown dangerous. Unrest in Ararat City is growing; the government is building a vast border wall to keep out African refugees. Tirosh has become state security officer Bloom's prime murder suspect, while rogue agent Nur stalks them through transdimensional rifts--possible futures to prevented only by avoiding the mistakes of the past.
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Appeals to fans of classic/contemporary science fiction and literary fiction Contains topical, international, and multicultural themesAuthor's previous novel won the Campbell Award and was shortlisted for the Clarke and British Science Fiction awardsSynopsis
Promotion at major trade and genre conventions, including the World Science Fiction and World Fantasy conventions; ALA; the Nebula Awards; and Readercon Promotion targeting Israeli, British, and Middle Eastern themed online media, including reviews and interviews such as NPR, the New York Times, Washington Post, New York Review of Science Fiction, UK Guardian, and the Chicago Tribune Planned book giveaways on Goodreads, SF Signal, and other online outletsPromotion on publisher and author social media (@LavieTidhar; facebook.com/lavietidhar)