Missouri Williams writes with a gothic angularity that puts her in a category of one. She swims in deep waters and surfaces now as a major writer for our age.
Some novels invite you in gently. This one grabs you by the collar. Named one of Vulture‘s Most Anticipated Books of 2026, it’s icy suspense and a love story reimagined—spiky, surreal, unforgettable. From the award-winning author of The Doloriad. Waiting on our literary fiction shelf. Come linger.
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Some novels invite you in gently. This one grabs you by the collar. Named one of Vulture‘s Most Anticipated Books of 2026, this is a book worth clearing your afternoon for.
Picture a famed but crumbling university city, slowly being reclaimed by nature, where power teeters between the academics and a band of rogue gardeners. Here, our reclusive narrator spends her days propping up the career of her needy, fraudulent professor boss. She’s detached. Unmoved. Even her estranged mother’s attempted suicide barely stirs her.
Then comes Adam. A contrarian student at the center of a controversy that threatens to tear the city apart. When her boss commands her to befriend him, everything she’s carefully avoided comes crashing in—and she finds herself drawn, dangerously, to the young man at the heart of the storm.
What follows is icy suspense told with violent precision. A love story reimagined for an age of broken communication. It’s spiky. It’s surreal. It’s the kind of book you’ll want to press into a friend’s hands the moment you finish.
Fresh off the acclaim of her award-winning debut The Doloriad, Missouri Williams once again holds a mirror up to our most intimate contradictions.
As Paul Lynch, Booker Prize–winning author of Prophet Song, puts it: “Missouri Williams writes with a gothic angularity that puts her in a category of one. She swims in deep waters and surfaces now as a major writer for our age.”
A brand-new hardcover release, nestled on our literary fiction shelf—waiting for you to linger over it. Come find it, salt air and all.
Missouri Williams writes with a gothic angularity that puts her in a category of one. She swims in deep waters and surfaces now as a major writer for our age.
| Weight | 1.00 lbs |
|---|---|
| Dimensions | 5.38 × 1.00 × 8.25 in |
| Book Author | Missouri Williams |
| Fiction Type | |
| Subject | City Life, Coming Of Age, Genre Fiction, Literary, Literature & Fiction |
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