Akashic Books | Frankfurt 2013

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Akashic Books | Frankfurt 2013

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Rights List: Featured Titles

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Tehran at Twilight Upmarket literary fiction by Salar Abdoh Praise for The Poet Game: “Ornate and ambitious . . . [A] complex, politically sophisticated story.” —New York Times Book Review “The Poet Game offers its own taut, moody spin to the spy-genre conventions . . . Abdoh delivers a surprising, smart thriller.” —San Francisco Chronicle Uncorrected manuscript available now

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Iranian author Salar Abdoh’s gripping third novel is a morally and politically complex thriller in the tradition of Graham Greene and John le Carré. • Salar Abdoh first came to prominence with his 1999 novel The Poet Game—which tells the tale of an Iranian secret agent infiltrating a NYC-based terrorist cell. His second novel, Opium, further explores US-Iranian relations, religious fundamentalism, and the effects of exile on the individual in a noir setting. Tehran at Twilight is poised to break ground as the standard bearer for contemporary Iranian fiction. A resident of New York, Salar is also editing Tehran Noir, the forthcoming entry in Akashic Books’ award-winning Noir Series (see Page 5). • Salar will be going on an extensive US tour in the fall of 2014, and will be submitted to the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books, the Miami Book Fair International, and the Brooklyn Book Festival. • The year is 2008. Reza Malek, living a modest, academic life in New York, is abruptly disturbed when he gets a call from his oldest friend, Sina Vafa. Sina was, like Reza, a child of the revolution; his family fled Iran for California with little more than the shirts on their backs after the Ayatollah Khomeini came to power. But with a terse phone call from Tehran, Sina resurfaces, and he needs Reza’s help. Once in Tehran, Reza finds far more than he bargained for, and his own life is in danger. Salar Abdoh offers a telling glimpse into contemporary Tehran, and spins a compelling morality tale of identity and exile, the bonds of friendship and the limits of loyalty. • Previous Sales: The Poet Game and Opium were both published by Faber and Faber in the UK.

Pulitzer Prize–Finalist Lydia Millet’s eco-thriller for young adults is the third entry in Akashic Books’ new Young Adult/Middle Grade Black Sheep Imprint.

Pills & Starships Young Adult adventure for ages 13+ by Lydia Millet “The writing is always flawlessly beautiful, reaching for an experience that precedes language itself.” —Salon See page 3 for more Young Adult offerings Uncorrected manuscript available now

• Lydia Millet won a 2003 PEN Center USA Award for Fiction for My Happy Life, was a 2010 Pulitzer Prize finalist for Love in Infant Monkeys, and a 2012 National Book Critics Circle Award and Los Angeles Times Book Prize finalist for Magnificence. Her 2011 novel Ghost Lights was named a New York Times Notable Book. • This is Millet’s first novel for young adults, and it has broad crossover potential, with equal interest to teen readers and fans of eco-fiction of all mature ages. She’s published two novels in the Dissenters Series (for middle grade readers ages 8–12) that share similar themes to Pills & Starships. The first book in the series, The Fires beneath the Sea, was a Kirkus Reviews Best Children’s Book of 2011. • Her novels for adults and young readers alike have received multiple starred reviews from the trades, and her launch will be supported by an extensive nationwide book tour in the summer of 2014. • In this richly imagined dystopic future brought by global warming, a disintegrating society is run by “corporates” who feed the people a steady diet of “pharma” to keep them happy. Counting down the days till her parents are scheduled to die, 17-year-old Nat and her younger brother Sam rebel against the “corporates” their parents have hired to handle their last days. • Previous Sales: Magnificence: Netherlands (Karakter), France (Le Cherche Midi Editeur), Italy (Indiana Editore); Oh Pure and Radiant Heart & How the Dead Dream: UK (Vintage); Ghost Lights: China (People’s Literature Publishing House), France (Le Cherche Midi Editeur), Italy (Indiana Editore); The Fires beneath the Sea: Turkey (Ithaki).

USA NOIR

USA Noir: Best of the Akashic Noir Series is off to a stunning start.

Etgar Keret and Assaf Gavron escort the Akashic Noir Series into Israel.

edited by Johnny Temple

• We’ll let the contributor list speak for itself: Pete

• Etgar Keret & Assaf Gavron have both been translated into multiple languages and won a number of awards. Both have received the Prime Minister’s award for literature, and have traveled around the world in support of their published works. • Tel Aviv Noir has been licensed to Kinneret in Israel along with Jerusalem Noir, edited by Dror Mishani. Volumes in the Akashic Noir Series have been licensed over 60 times. (See Page 5) • The anthology will include original stories by both Keret and Gavron. The full contributor list is available upon request, and we expect the stories to be available for review (in both Hebrew and English), by the end of the year. • Baghdad Noir (Iraq), edited by Samuel Shimon,

Publishers Weekly and Library Journal Starred Reviews

Tel Aviv Noir edited by Etgar Keret and Assaf Gavron

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“Etgar Keret is a genius.” — New York Times “Resigned and nuanced in its understanding of the absurdities of fate . . . a brilliant book.” Los Angeles Times on CrocAttack! by Assaf Gavron See page 5 for more on the Noir Series

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Hamill, Laura Lippman, Dennis Lehane, Jerome Charyn, Lawrence Block, George Pelecanos, Joyce Carol Oates, Michael Connelly, Susan Straight, Jeffery Deaver, Jonathan Safran Foer, Julie Smith, Lee Child, T. Jefferson Parker, Don Winslow, S.J. Rozan, and many more. Culled from 30+ volumes in Akashic’s best-selling, award-winning anthology series, USA Noir is a who’s who in contemporary literary and crime fiction. Akashic publisher Johnny Temple has selected the stories from each US-based volume, from best-selling authors to award-winning stories. Early review coverage has been tremendous, with starred reviews in Publishers Weekly and Library Journal. Publishers in Mexico (Oceano) and Croatia (Durieux) have already licensed USA Noir, and we expect many more. Finished books and PDFs available now.

Beirut Noir (Lebanon), edited by Iman Humaydan, & Tehran Noir (Iran), edited by Salar Abdoh will be available soon.


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Drawing Autism gift book/art book edited by Jill Mullin introduction by Temple Grandin An empowering collection for people affected by autism, and a stunningly beautiful art book. • PDFs available now

YOUNG ADULT FICTION

Akashic Books | Frankfurt 2013 Rights List: Popular Culture

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An essential coffee-table book featuring the artistic work of over 50 artists diagnosed with autism, including Temple Grandin, Gregory Blackstock, and David Barth. “What is the actual experience of living with autism in a deep-felt sense, beyond the social stereotypes and headline-worthy superskills? Drawing Autism, a celebration of the artistry and self-expression found in artwork by people diagnosed with autism, explores just that. The stunning volume features works by over fifty international contributors, from children to established artists, that illustrate the rich multiplicity of the condition.” —The Atlantic

• Autism spectrum disorder is diagnosed in 1 out of 88 children worldwide: It is a truly international phenomenon, knowing no racial, ethnic, or social barriers. • There is no shortage of media interest in ASD. Drawing Autism has garnered international acclaim in numerous media outlets, including the New York Review of Books, Fox News, the New Scientist, Boston Globe, and San Francisco Chronicle. • April is National Autism Awareness Month in the US, and our publication will coincide with extensive outreach to autism organizations throughout North America. The editor, Jill Mullin, encourages foreign publishers to supplement the current volume with artists from your region.

Changers Book One: Drew by T Cooper and Allison Glock-Cooper Ages 13+, a spectacular, magical romantic comedy series for 13+ in the tradition of Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist and Zombieland. • This book follows the first year of Ethan/Drew’s Change cycle, with four books planned, for each year of high school. German publisher Kosmos has licensed the first two books in the series. • Glock is the author of the New York Times notable book Beauty Before Comfort and is a regular contributor to the Times. She has won GLAAD, FOLIO Eddie, and min awards for journalism. Cooper is the award-winning, best-selling author of Real Man Adventures, Lipshitz Six, or Two Angry Blondes, The Beaufort Diaries, and Some of the Parts.

Game World by C.J. Farley A Potter-esque, page-turning adventure story for 10+ with tremendous commercial potential

PDFs available now

Urban Crime

• Dylan Rudee’s life is an epic fail. He’s bullied at school and plagued by seizures, until his video game skills unlock a real-life fantasy world inside a new game. But now actual monsters are trying to kill him. In order to save his sister and his friends, Dylan must solve the game’s dangerous mystery in three days. • Farley is an editor at the Wall Street Journal and an active promoter of his work. He is the author of two novels for adults, and a best-selling nonfiction title for younger readers, Aaliyah: More Than a Woman. Game World features black-and-white chapter illustrations by artist Yongjin Im.

Black Lotus by K’wan (crime fiction, forthcoming, May 2014) “K’wan steadily builds to a frantic, movie-worthy climax.”—Entertainment Weekly on Street Dreams

Black Lotus by K’wan

• K’wan is a best-selling, award-winning author of over a dozen titles. He has been featured in Vibe, King, Entertainment Weekly, and Time. K’wan was the recipient of the 2012 and 2013 Street Lit Book Award Medals in adult fiction for Eviction Notice and Animal.

The White House by JaQuavis Coleman

JaQuavis Coleman was honored by Ebony magazine as 1 of the 100 most influential African Americans.

Swing by Miasha

The White House by JaQuavis Coleman (crime fiction, forthcoming, May 2014) • JaQuavis Coleman is the New York Times best-selling author of Dopeman’s Trilogy, who first burst onto the scene at the age of eighteen and quickly became a nationwide literary phenomenon. He and his wife Ashley Antoinette have coauthored numerous “street fiction” classics.

Swing by Miasha (erotica/crime, forthcoming, May 2014) “Miasha is a writer to watch.” —Publishers Weekly

Uncorrected manuscripts available soon

• Miasha is the author of several best-selling novels, including Secret Society and Diary of a Mistress. Her books have received rave reviews in national media such as BET, CBS, CN8, Vibe, Jet, and Elle.


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Rights List: Popular & Forthcoming Titles Supernatural Strategies for Making a Rock ’n’ Roll Group by punk rock icon Ian F. Svenonius “Svenonius, is drawing a line in the sand and doing so with what he hopes will finally define the undefinable.” —Los Angeles Times

Humor/Pop Culture Finished copies/PDFs available now

• Washington, DC–based rock ’n’ roll antihero Ian F. Svenonius’s unparalleled and exquisitely provocative how-to guide for rock bands has become our most popular title since the London Book Fair. • Svenonius’s 25-city tour has yielded major national coverage from long-lead magazines and broadcast media alike, including rave reviews in American Songwriter, the Onion, Library Journal, Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Review of Books, NPR’s The Signal, the Washingtonian, and the Boston Phoenix. • Previous Sales: Czech Republic (Mata), Germany (Walde & Graf), Spain (Blackie)

The Dewey Decimal System & The Nervous System The first two books in the Dewey Decimal trilogy by Nathan Larson “Sheer magic and delirious joy, this intellectual giddy riot is the book of the year.” —Ken Bruen, author of The Guards

Crime Fiction Finished copies/PDFs available now

• Nathan Larson’s Dewey Decimal Series continues to find international homes. The series is set in New York City in the near future after the city has suffered a series of large-scale terrorist attacks, and features a nameless, obsessive-compulsive veteran with a spotty memory, a love for literature, and a strong if unique moral code. Each book is a stand-alone mystery, but the series is bound by the over-arching question of Dewey’s own buried identity. • Previous Sales: The Dewey Decimal System: Germany, (Diaphanes), Italy (Fanucci), France (Asphalte), Sweden (Bokfabriken); The Nervous System: Germany, (Diaphanes), Italy (Fanucci).

As Flies to Whatless Boys Trinidadian author Robert Antoni’s epic historical meta fiction “A crowning achievement in an exceptional body of work by this amazingly talented writer.” —Edwidge Danticat, author of Claire of the Sea Light

Literary Fiction Finished copies/PDFs available now

• From the “James Joyce of the Caribbean” (George Plimpton), Whatless Boys received rave reviews in all four trades and is currently our best-selling literary title. Antoni is a five-time novelist, a Commonwealth Writers’ Prize Award–winner, and the recipient of a Guggenheim fellowship. • Previous Sales: My Grandmother’s Erotic Folktales: UK (Faber and Faber), Spain (Anagrama), Finland (Like), France (Anatolia/Éditions du Rocher); Carnival: UK (Faber and Faber), Spain (Anagrama), Finland (Like), France (Anatolia/Éditions du Rocher), China (New Star Press); Blessed Is the Fruit: UK (Faber and Faber).

Unmentionables Debut historical fiction by Laurie Loewenstein “Like all good historical fiction, Unmentionables uses the past as a way to illuminate large, pertinent questions. Meticulously researched and exquisitely written, Unmentionables is a memorable debut.” —Ann Hood, author of The Obituary Writer

Debut Literary Fiction Finished copies/PDFs available now

• The debut novel in our new Kaylie Jones Books imprint, curated by acclaimed author Kaylie Jones (daughter of James Jones). Jones’s imprint is supported by a publishing collective that will be extremely active in promoting the work. Loewenstein has been invited to participate in the Heartland Fall Forum, a key US booksellers trade show. • Domestic advance orders are through the roof: Our sales force loves this title which is a beautifully written novel set in both the US and France during the early 1900s.

Bedrock Faith Debut fiction by Eric Charles May “A wonderful urban novel full of vitality and pathos and grit. I dug the ever-living hell out of it.” —Dennis Lehane, author of Live By Night

Debut Literary Fiction Finished copies/PDFs available now

• Bedrock Faith tells the often hilarious and always engaging tale of a small, insular community’s inability to adapt to the sudden appearance of an unwanted character in its midst. May has been invited to participate in the Heartland Fall Forum, a key US booksellers trade show. • Eric Charles May is deeply engaged in the Chicago literary community and a colleague of our best-selling author Joe Meno. He has written for the Washington Post and the Chicago Tribune, and is a contributor to the essay collection Briefly Knocked Unconscious by a Low-Flying Duck.


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Rights List: Popular & Forthcoming Titles The Drug Chronicles Series Marijuana Chronicles, Speed Chronicles, Cocaine Chronicles, Heroin Chronicles

anthology series Finished Copies/PDFs available now

• The Akashic Drug Chronicles Series is modeled after the success of our locale-centric Noir Series, which has cracked the code for turning fiction anthologies into best sellers. There are now four titles in the series, most recently The Heroin Chronicles, edited by Jerry Stahl, and The Marijuana Chronicles edited by Jonathan Santlofer. • Current volumes feature original stories by Sherman Alexie, William T. Vollmann, Lee Child, Joyce Carol Oates, Eric Bogosian, Susan Straight, and Laura Lippman, to name a few. The Noir Series has earned multiple Edgar, Pushcart, Shamus, and Macavity awards, and we expect the same from our new series. • Previous Foreign Sales: UK (No Exit), Speed, Marijuana, Cocaine, Heroin; Turkey (Aytasi), Cocaine; Turkey (Altikirbes Yayinlari), Marijuana; Serbia (Cenzura), Cocaine

Copy Cat by David Yow An irresistible and hilarious book of cat cartoon portraits for all cat lovers, old, young, and in-between.

gift book/humor

• David Yow’s cat portraits, captured here for the first time in book form, are bold, striking, hilarious, and beautiful to look at. Each portrait is based around a pun, but they capture so much more than wordplay. All cat lovers will find something ALLEY CAT CAT BURGLAR CATATONIC TOM CAT to relish in this gorgeous coffee-table book, which is the perfect gift for cat enthusiasts, animal lovers, and anyone with a playful sense of humor.

Uncorrected manuscript available now

Drifting Haitian author Katia D. Ulysse’s story collection follows in Edwidge Danticat’s footsteps. • This mesmerizing, lyrical debut explores the lives of Haitian families aspiring to escape hardship and an earthquake’s devastation. The collection takes the reader from Haiti to the United States and back. The stories are set before, during, and after the catastrophic earthquake of 2010. Drifting is filled with the irony that comes with seeking to escape tragedy, tumbling into even more, and discovering that a reversal of fortune is sometimes a change for the worse. Debut Story Collection

• Katia D. Ulysse was born in Haiti, and moved to the United States as a teen. She received a master’s degree from Notre Dame of Maryland University, and taught English in Baltimore for ten years.

Uncorrected manuscript available now

Not For Everyday Use A memoir by Elizabeth Nunez “Many moments of elegant, overarching insight bind the personal to the collective past.” —New York Times Book Review (Editors’ Choice), on Boundaries

Memoir Uncorrected manuscript available now

• Elizabeth Nunez is the award-winning author of eight novels. Boundaries and Anna In-Between were New York Times Editors’ Choices and Anna In-Between won the 2010 PEN Oakland/Josephine Miles Award and the 2010 Writers for Writers Award from Poets & Writers and Barnes & Noble. • Not For Everyday Use traces the four days from the moment she gets the call that every immigrant fears to the burial of her mother. Nunez delves deeply into issues of immigration and loss, mother-daughter relations, and also provides profound insights into the rarely discussed but universal experience of miscarriage. • Previous Sales: Anna In-Between, Spain (Viceversa).

The international best seller Go the F*** to Sleep and the children’s book it inspired. • Sales for Go the F*** to Sleep: The #1 best seller at: New York Times, Amazon, Wall Street Journal, Publishers Weekly, and many more. We’ve just entered our eleventh printing, with over one million combined e, print, and international units sold. • Previous Foreign Sales: Go the F*** to Sleep, over 30 Territories: Afrikaans (Penguin), Australia (Text), Brazil

Gift Book/Humor Finished Copies/PDFs available now

(Sextante), Catalan (RH Mondadori), China (ThinKingdom), Czech Republic (Bionaut), Denmark (Carlsen), Estonia (Media Incognito), Finland (Into Publishing), France (Grasset), Germany (DuMont), Greece (Papadopoulos), India (Roli), Israel (Modan), Italy (Mondadori), Japan (Tatsumi), Korea (Book21), Latin America & U.S. (Spanish-language) (Penguin), Latvia (Media Incognito), Lithuania (Media Incognito), Netherlands (Leopold), Norway (Norwegian & Nynorsk) (Cappelen Damm), Poland (Albatros), Portugal (Arteplural/Grupo Bertrand Circulo), Russia (Livebook), Serbia (Booka), Slovenia (Filargo), Spain (RH Mondadori—Spain only), Sweden (Lind & Co.), Taiwan (Sun Color), Turkey (Arkadas Yayinlari), UK (Canongate); Seriously, Just Go to Sleep: Australia (Text), Slovenia (Filargo)


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Akashic Noir Series and Sales Akashic Noir Series

• SEE PAGE 1 for more information on our featured titles: USA Noir: Best of the Akashic Noir Series, edited by Johnny Temple, and Tel Aviv Noir, edited by Etgar Keret & Assaf Gavron. More exiting forthcoming titles include Jerusalem Noir, edited by Dror Mishani, and Prison Noir, edited by Joyce Carol Oates. • International Titles Available Now: Akashic Books continues its ground-breaking, city-specific noir series with three titles spanning the globe: Manila Noir, edited by Jessica Hagedorn, Venice Noir, edited by Maxim Jakubowski, and Singapore Noir, edited by Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan. • Spanish-Language Originals: All the stories in these volumes were written in Spanish, and then translated by Akashic into English— acquisition into Spanish has never been easier! Mexico City Noir, edited by National History Award–winner Paco I. Taibo II, Havana Noir, edited by award-winning author Achy Obejas, Bogotá Noir (Columbia; forthcoming), edited by Andrea Montejo. • Sales history: Brooklyn Noir, the debut title in the series, was originally published in 2004 and is now in its 7th printing and won several awards. Los Angeles Noir spent five weeks on the Los Angeles Times best-seller list, and Susan Straight’s contribution won an Edgar Award. Boston Noir edited by Dennis Lehane landed on the Boston Globe best-seller chart.

Acquire the rights to multiple titles: • Many publishers are acquiring multiple titles, some in conjunction with the signing of local volumes, such as Croatian publisher Durieux with the signing of Zagreb Noir, edited by Ivan Srsen.

o China: Ching Win Publishing: Boston, Manhattan o Croatia: Durieux: Barcelona, Dublin, Istanbul, Rome, Stockholm, USA, Zagreb o Denmark: People’s Press: Brooklyn, Copenhagen o France: Asphalte Editions: Barcelona, Brooklyn, D.C., Delhi, Haiti, Havana, London, Los Angeles, Marseilles, Mexico City, Paris, Rome o France: Rivages: Boston o India: HarperCollins: Delhi, Mumbai o Israel: Kinneret: Jerusalem, Tel Aviv o Italy: Alet: Brooklyn, D.C., Havana, Los Angeles, London, San Francisco, & Wall Street o Italy: Einaudi: Rome o Italy: Metropoli d’Asia: Delhi o Japan: Futami: Manhattan o Korea: Eyes & Heart: Brooklyn

Korea: BS Publishing: Manhattan, Paris, Seoul Mexico: Oceano: USA Mexico: Random House: Mexico City, Los Angeles Philippines: Anvil: Manila Poland: Chirascuro: Barcelona, Mexico City, Moscow Russia: Arabesque: London, Los Angeles Russia: Eksom: Moscow Russia: Atticus-Azbooka: St. Petersburg Singapore: Monsoon Press: Singapore Spain: Edhasa: Barcelona Sweden: Stockholm Text: Stockholm Turkey: Everest: Brooklyn, Istanbul, London, & Manhattan o UK: Serpent’s Tail: London o UK: Brandon/Mt. Eagle: Dublin o o o o o o o o o o o o

Akashic Noir Series in Print BALTIMORE NOIR, edited by LAURA LIPPMAN • BARCELONA NOIR (SPAIN), edited by ADRIANA V. LÓPEZ & CARMEN OSPINA • BOSTON NOIR, edited by DENNIS LEHANE • BOSTON NOIR 2: THE CLASSICS, edited by DENNIS LEHANE, JAIME CLARKE & MARY COTTON • BRONX NOIR, edited by S.J. ROZAN • BROOKLYN NOIR, edited by TIM McLOUGHLIN • BROOKLYN NOIR 2: THE CLASSICS, edited by TIM McLOUGHLIN • BROOKLYN NOIR 3: NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH, edited by TIM McLOUGHLIN & THOMAS ADCOCK • CAPE COD NOIR, edited by DAVID L. ULIN • CHICAGO NOIR, edited by NEAL POLLACK • COPENHAGEN NOIR (DENMARK), edited by BO TAO MICHAËLIS • DALLAS NOIR, edited by DAVID HALE SMITH • D.C. NOIR, edited by GEORGE PELECANOS • D.C. NOIR 2: THE CLASSICS, edited by GEORGE PELECANOS • DELHI NOIR (INDIA), edited by HIRSH SAWHNEY • DETROIT NOIR, edited by E.J. OLSEN & JOHN C. HOCKING • DUBLIN NOIR (IRELAND), edited by KEN BRUEN • HAITI NOIR, edited by EDWIDGE DANTICAT • HAITI NOIR 2: THE CLASSICS, edited by EDWIDGE DANTICAT • HAVANA NOIR (CUBA), edited by ACHY OBEJAS • INDIAN COUNTRY NOIR, edited by SARAH CORTEZ & LIZ MARTÍNEZ • ISTANBUL NOIR (TURKEY), edited by MUSTAFA ZIYALAN & AMY SPANGLER • KANSAS CITY NOIR, edited by STEVE PAUL • KINGSTON NOIR (JAMAICA), edited by COLIN CHANNER • LAS VEGAS NOIR, edited by JARRET KEENE & TODD JAMES PIERCE • LONDON NOIR (ENGLAND), edited by CATHI UNSWORTH • LONE STAR NOIR, edited by BOBBY BYRD & JOHNNY BYRD • LONG ISLAND NOIR, edited by KAYLIE JONES • LOS ANGELES NOIR, edited by DENISE HAMILTON • LOS ANGELES NOIR 2: THE CLASSICS, edited by DENISE HAMILTON • MANHATTAN NOIR, edited by LAWRENCE BLOCK • MANHATTAN NOIR 2: THE CLASSICS, edited by LAWRENCE BLOCK • MANILA NOIR (PHILIPPINES), edited by JESSICA HAGEDORN • MEXICO CITY NOIR (MEXICO), edited by PACO I. TAIBO II • MIAMI NOIR, edited by LES STANDIFORD • MOSCOW NOIR (RUSSIA), edited by NATALIA SMIRNOVA & JULIA GOUMEN • MUMBAI NOIR (INDIA), edited by ALTAF TYREWALA • NEW JERSEY NOIR, edited by JOYCE CAROL OATES • NEW ORLEANS NOIR, edited by JULIE SMITH • ORANGE COUNTY NOIR, edited by GARY PHILLIPS • PARIS NOIR (FRANCE), edited by AURÉLIEN MASSON • PHILADELPHIA NOIR, edited by CARLIN ROMANO • PHOENIX NOIR, edited by PATRICK MILLIKIN • PITTSBURGH NOIR, edited by KATHLEEN GEORGE • PORTLAND NOIR, edited by KEVIN SAMPSELL • QUEENS NOIR, edited by ROBERT KNIGHTLY • RICHMOND NOIR, edited by ANDREW BLOSSOM, BRIAN CASTLEBERRY & TOM DE HAVEN • ROME NOIR (ITALY), edited by CHIARA STANGALINO & MAXIM JAKUBOWSKI • SAN DIEGO NOIR, edited by MARYELIZABETH HART • SAN FRANCISCO NOIR, edited by PETER MARAVELIS • SAN FRANCISCO NOIR 2: THE CLASSICS, edited by PETER MARAVELIS • SEATTLE NOIR, edited by CURT COLBERT • STATEN ISLAND NOIR, edited by PATRICIA SMITH • ST. PETERSBURG NOIR (RUSSIA), edited by NATALIA SMIRNOVA & JULIA GOUMEN • TORONTO NOIR (CANADA), edited by JANINE ARMIN & NATHANIEL G. MOORE • TRINIDAD NOIR (TRINIDAD & TOBAGO), edited by LISA ALLEN-AGOSTINI & JEANNE MASON • TWIN CITIES NOIR, edited by JULIE SCHAPER & STEVEN HORWITZ • USA NOIR, edited by JOHNNY TEMPLE • VENICE NOIR (ITALY), edited by MAXIM JAKUBOWSKI • WALL STREET NOIR, edited by PETER SPIEGELMAN

Forthcoming ADDIS ABABA NOIR (ETHIOPIA), edited by MAAZA MENGISTE • BAGHDAD NOIR (IRAQ), edited by SAMUEL SHIMON • BEIRUT NOIR (LEBANON), edited by IMAN HUMAYDAN • BELFAST NOIR (NORTHERN IRELAND), edited by ADRIAN McKINTY & STUART NEVILLE • BOGOTÁ NOIR (COLOMBIA), edited by ANDREA MONTEJO • BUFFALO NOIR, edited by BRIGID HUGHES & ED PARK • CHICAGO NOIR 2: THE CLASSICS, edited by JOE MENO • HELSINKI NOIR (FINLAND), edited by JAMES THOMPSON • JERUSALEM NOIR, edited by DROR MISHANI • LAGOS NOIR (NIGERIA), edited by CHRIS ABANI • MARSEILLE NOIR (FRANCE), edited by CÉDRIC FABRE • MISSISSIPPI NOIR, edited by TOM FRANKLIN • PRISON NOIR, edited by JOYCE CAROL OATES • PROVIDENCE NOIR, edited by ANN HOOD • SAN JUAN NOIR (PUERTO RICO), edited by MAYRA SANTOS-FEBRES • SEOUL NOIR (KOREA), edited by BS PUBLISHING CO. • SINGAPORE NOIR, edited by CHERYL LU-LIEN TAN • ST. LOUIS NOIR, edited by SCOTT PHILLIPS • STOCKHOLM NOIR (SWEDEN), edited by NATHAN LARSON & CARL-MICHAEL EDENBORG • TEHRAN NOIR (IRAN), edited by SALAR ABDOH • TEL AVIV NOIR (ISRAEL), edited by ETGAR KERET & ASSAF GAVRON • ZAGREB NOIR (CROATIA), edited by IVAN SRŠEN


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Akashic Books | Frankfurt 2013 Rights List: Foreign Sales by Title

ADIOS MUCHACHOS by Daniel Chavarría: Croatia, Zagrebacka; Czech Republic/ Czech, Alpress; Czech Republic/Slovak, Mlada Fronta Slovensko; Finland, Book Studio; France, Rivages/ Noir; Germany, Heyne Verlag; Greece, Opera; Italy, Tropea; Israel, Arieh Nir; Japan, Hayakawa; Portugal, Agencia Latinoamericana de Literatura; Russia, Limbus; Spain, Random House; Taiwan, Clio Culture Press; Turkey, Aytasi; UK, Serpent’s Tail THE AGE OF DREAMING by Nina Revoyr: France, Phébus; Italy, Casini; Japan, PHP Institute; Spain, Paidós/Planeta ALICE FANTASTIC by Maggie Estep: Italy, Casini AMERICAN VISA by Juan de Recacoechea: France, Editions du Panama; Greece, Alexandria Publications; Israel, Ivrit; Russia, Limbus; Slovenia, Modrijan ANNA IN-BETWEEN by Elizabeth Nunez: Spain, Viceversa THE ANTI-CAPITALISM READER, ed. by Joel Schalit: Turkey, Plan B. Ltd. ARTIFICIAL LIGHT by James Greer: Turkey, Versus A SOLDIER’S DAUGHTER NEVER CRIES by Kaylie Jones: Japan, Kadokawa (pre-Akashic); Germany, Th. KNAUR Nachf.; Munich (preAkashic); Italy, Garzanti Libri s.p.a. (pre-Akashic); Spain, Mondadori (pre-Akashic); Poland, MUZA BECOMING ABIGAIL by Chris Abani: France, Albin Michel; Israel, Schocken; Nigeria, Kachifo; Italy, Fanucci; Southern Africa, Picador Africa; Bosnia, Ajfelov Most; Sweden, Celanders Forlag BETTER by John O’Brien: France, Rivages BICYCLE by Paul Fattaruso: Turkey, Altikirbes Yayinlari THE BIG MANGO by Norman Kelley: Turkey, Istiklal BLACK MARKS by Kirsten Dinnall Hoyte: Turkey, Istiklal BLACK MUSIC by LeRoie Jones/Amiri Baraka: World Spanish, Caja Negra (Argentina) BORN ON THE FOURTH OF JULY by Ron Kovic: Italy, Sperling; France, 13 Note THE BOY DETECTIVE FAILS by Joe Meno: Korea, Nulbom; Russia, AST; Spain, Mondadori THE BROTHERS’ LOT by Kevin Holohan: UK, No Exit CERVANTES STREET by Jaime Manrique: Germany, DuMont; Russia, Sindbad, World Spanish, Santilla; Taiwan, Commercial Press; Turkey, Ithaki CHANGERS BOOK ONE: DREW, by T Cooper & Allison Glock-Cooper: Germany, Kosmos. CHANGERS BOOK TWO, by T Cooper & Allison Glock-Cooper: Germany, Kosmos. THE COCAINE CHRONICLES, ed. by Gary Phillips & Jervey Tervalon: Turkey, Aytasi; Serbia, Cenzura D.O.O.; UK, No Exit DANCE OF DAYS by Mark Andersen & Mark Jenkins: Brazil, Underground Shop Produções Artisticas; Germany, Ventil THE DEAD DETECTIVE by William Heffernan: China, Modern Press; Italy, Giallo Mondadori; Korea, BS Publishing DEMONS IN THE SPRING by Joe Meno: Korea, Nulbom; Russia, Gayatri/Livebook THE DEWEY DECIMAL SYSTEM by Nathan Larson: Italy, Fanucci; Sweden: Bokfabriken; Germany, Diaphanes; France, Asphalte THE EYE OF CYBELE by Daniel Chavarría:

Greece, Opera Ekdoseis; Italy, Tropea; Slovenia, Modrijan; Spain, Editorial Grijalbo; Turkey, Aytasi; UK, Serpent’s Tail EVERY BOY SHOULD HAVE A MAN, by Preston L. Allen: Turkey, Tudem. THE FAILURE by James Greer: France, Editions Joelle Losfeld/Gallimard; Italy, Quarup FALUN GONG’S CHALLENGE TO CHINA by Danny Schechter: China, Epoch Times; Korea, Younglim Cardinal THE FIVE BIGGEST LIES BUSH TOLD US ABOUT IRAQ by Christopher Scheer, Robert Scheer, & Lakshmi Chaudhry: Australia, Allen and Unwin; Greece, Aiora Publishing; Pakistan, Vanguard Books THE FUCK-UP by Arthur Nersesian: Germany, Europa (rights reverted to author in 2006); Greece, Akti Oxy, Japan, Sogensha; Korea, Daekyo Bertelsmann; Spanish, TF Editores; Turkey, SAY Yayninlari; Korea (?)(Chinese Takeout by Arthur Nersesian: Greece, Electra; Spain, Modernos y Classicos de Aleph; England, Marion Boyers; dogrun by Arthur Nersesian: Germany, MTV/Hundeweise; Japan, Sogen Sha) GATHERING OF WATERS by Bernice L. McFadden: France, Editions Joelle Losfeld/ Gallimard; Taiwan; Amygdala/Walkers Culture THE GIRL WITH THE GOLDEN SHOES by Colin Channer: UK, Macmillan Caribbean GODLIKE by Richard Hell: Italy, Coniglio, Spain, Libertos Editorial; Turkey, Altkirbes GO FISH by Mr. Fish: Finland, Into Publishing THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO CANE by Courttia Newland: UK, Saqi GO THE F*** TO SLEEP by Adam Mansbach & Ricardo Cortés: See Page 4 HAIRSTYLES OF THE DAMNED by Joe Meno: Germany, Heyne Verlag; Russia, Limbus Press; Italy, Edicione E/O; Turkey, Ayrinti HEADLESS by Benjamin Weissman: Russia, U-Factory; Spain, Alpha Decay HEART OF THE OLD COUNTRY by Tim McLoughlin: Italy, Marsilio; UK, Canongate THE HEROIN CHRONICLES ed. by Jerry Stahl: UK, No Exit HOW THE HULA GIRL SINGS by Joe Meno: Russia, AST JESUS BOY by Preston L. Allen: Italy, Miraviglia; Turkey, Epsilon JOHN CROW’S DEVIL by Marlon James: Germany, Verlag F. Stuelten; Italy, Baldini; UK & Caribbean, Macmillan \Caribbean KAMIKAZE LUST by Lauren Sanders: Russia, Limbus LESSONS IN TAXIDERMY by Bee Lavender: Sweden, Bra Böcker; UK, Weidenfeld and Nicolson LETTERS TO KURT by Eric Erlandson: Italy, Castelvecchi MANHATTAN LOVERBOY by Arthur Nersesian: Germany, Europa Verlag; Greece, Electra MARIJUANA CHRONICLES, ed. by Jonathan Santlofer: Turkey, Altikirbes Yayinlari; UK, No Exit THE NERVOUS SYSTEM by Nathan Larson: Germany, Diaphanes; Italy, Fanucci (option) OFFICE GIRL by Joe Meno: UK, Telegram

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OF GRUNGE & GOVERNMENT, Krist Novoselic: Croatia, Sareni Ducan ONCE THERE WAS A VILLAGE by Yuri Kapralov: Spain, Lettera PARADOXIA by Lydia Lunch: France, Au Diable Vauvert; Germany, Miranda Verlag; Spain, Editorial Melusina; Turkey, Altkirbes THE PRICE OF ESCAPE by David Unger: Spanish (Latin America, US) F&G Editores THE SACRIFICIAL CIRCUMCISION OF THE BRONX by Arthur Nersesian: Spain, Alpha Decay A SECRET HISTORY OF COFFEE, COCA & COLA by Ricardo Cortés: Russia, Sinbad SEPTEMBER 11th FAMILIES FOR PEACEFUL TOMORROWS by David Potorti with Peaceful Tomorrows: Japan, Iwanami; Italy, Terre di Mezzo; Spain, Icaria Editorials SERIOUSLY, JUST GO TO SLEEP by Adam Mansbach & Ricardo Cortés: See P. 4 SHE’S GONE by Kwame Dawes: UK, Macmillan Caribbean THE SHOW THAT SMELLS by Derek McCormack: Turkey, Altkirkbes SOME OF THE PARTS by T Cooper: Italy, Scritturapura; Turkey, Citlembik SOUTH BY SOUTH BRONX by Abraham Rodriguez: France, Serpent à plumes SOUTHLAND by Nina Revoyr: France, Phébus; Greece, Electra; Japan, Fusosha; SPEAK NOW by Kaylie Jones: France, Belfond; Turkey, Istiklal Kultur ve Turizm THE SPEED CHRONICLES ed. by Joseph Mattson: UK, No Exit SPY’S FATE by Arnaldo Correa: Japan, Bungei Shunju; Turkey, Istyklal SUPERNATURAL STRATEGIES FOR MAKING A ROCK ’N’ ROLL GROUP by Ian F. Svenonius: Czech Republic, Mata; Spain, Blackie; Germany, Walde & Graf THE SWING VOTER OF STATEN ISLAND by Arthur Nersesian: Italy, Casini; Spain, Alpha Decay; Turkey, Ayrinti Yayinlari TALES OF THE OUT & THE GONE by Amiri Baraka: Turkey, Versus TANGO FOR A TORTURER by Daniel Chavarría: UK, Serpent’s Tail; Italy, Marco Tropea; Germany, Edition Koln; France, Payot et Rivages; Portugal, Mundo Novo; Spanish, Various countries/publishers; Greece, Opera (deal done directly w/Chavarría) TWO TIMES INTRO by Michael Stipe: France, Naïve; Mexico (World Spanish), Sexto Piso THE UNCOMFORTABLE DEAD by Sub. Marcos & Paco Taibo: UK, Serpent’s Tail VICTIMS by Travis Jeppesen: Russia, Eksmo WATER IN DARKNESS by Daniel Buckman: Italy, E/O WE OWE YOU NOTHING: PUNK PLANET, THE COLLECTED INTERVIEWS, edited by Daniel Sinker: Brazil, Underground Shop Produções Artisticas WILL WORK FOR DRUGS by Lydia Lunch: France: Au Diable; Czech Republic, Mata; Germany, Miranda Verlag, Spain, Libertos Editorial See Page 5 for Akashic Noir Series Sales