For every job there is always a crazy period in the year. For us, that stretches from October through to December.
October New releases is the time of year where we can be seen ferrying teetering piles of books from one end of the store to the other in what seems like a never ending stream. Most of the time our faces peek out from behind large stacks of books and it’s this time of year that we are reminded of a few things.
- There IS such a thing as too many books.
- We should have worked on our cardio and stamina
- There are not enough hours in the day to read all of the amazing new books that we are suddenly discovering.
So here are a few of the exciting new titles that are ready for Christmas gifts and summer reading.
Fiction
Jane Harper – Forces of Nature (Author of The Dry)
Jennifer Egan – Manhattan Beach (Author of Visit from the Goon Squad)
Ben Aaronovitch – The Furthest station (Spin-off Novella)
Gotham is the brief but compelling story of Jeff Foster, an Australian freelance Rolling Stone music reporter, and his all-nighter gambit with up-and-coming rap icon Na$ti Boi in the streets of New York. Beginning with the meet-cute at an after-hours Bloomingdales, Jeff witnesses the many layers of the rapper, whose outward self-confidence, displayed in his profound lyrical profanity, belies his fear and insecurity, glimpsed as he rifles through four pairs of Alexander Wang cargo pants. Standing stoically alongside Na$ty Boi is Smokey, his golden-grilled manager whose wife is in labour with their second child. Between controlled and placating exchanges with his charge Na$ti Boi, Smokey and Jeff bond over their experiences of the joys and trials of parenthood — a sharp contrast to the crack-sniffing Na$ti Boi who demands a visit to his semi-regular lady, an Ivy League pornstar, followed by a beef Wellington for dinner.
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