WHAT IT'S ABOUT:
Based on popular request, we've created the McSweeney's Book Release Club. It's similar to a book-of-the-month club—we'll send BRC subscribers the next ten books we put out, roughly one a month. We will do this for just $100 (plus shipping).
SUBSCRIBE TODAY AND START WITH:
Misadventure by Millard Kaufman
Jack Hopkins, veteran of the first Gulf War, doesn't like what he does for a living, but luckily he has two new job offers—Darlene Hunt wants to pay him ten million dollars to kill her husband, and her husband wants to hire him to kill Darlene Hunt. Before he can figure out who to work for, though, the dead bodies have already started piling up. The second novel from Millard Kaufman—the critically acclaimed nonagenarian author, Oscar-nominated screenwriter, and World War II Marine—Misadventure is a serpentine murder mystery set against a backdrop of LA real-estate schemes, ruby-wearing femmes fatale, and more love triangles than any one man should attempt to get into. Written with a style and flair that's reminiscent of Chinatown by way of the Coen Brothers, it's an unforgettable addition to the genre—a noir par excellence.
AND NEXT, YOU'LL RECEIVE
Better of McSweeney's, Volume 2
McSweeney's Quarterly Concern features every kind of writing you can imagine, plus a few brand new kinds. The Better of McSweeney's, Volume 2 features science-fiction, immigration drama, and naval disasters. There are tragically dysfunctional families and enjoyably dysfunctional families. There are movie stars, and bears.
The Better of McSweeney's, Volume 2 will feature issues 11-20, and include stories from writers such as Stephen Millhauser, Chris Adrian, Susan Straight, Brian Evenson, Yannick Murphy, Wells Tower, Alison Smith, and Tom Bissell.
In short, this is a rollicking assortment of contemporary literature, and a celebration of fiction at the dawn of the 21st century.
AND THEN
Clock Without a Face by Gus Twintig
This is true: 12 emerald-studded numbers, each handmade and one-of-a-kind, have been buried in 12 holes across this fine land. These treasures will belong to whoever digs them up first. The question: Where to dig? The only path to the answer: Solve the riddle of The Clock Without a Face.
The call comes in from the shadowy Ternky Tower: 13 robberies, one on each floor, all the way up to the penthouse, where obnoxious importer Bevel Ternky has been relieved of the legendary Emerald Chroniker, his priceless, ancient clock. Readers must conduct their own investigations, scouring detailed illustrations for hidden clues and knotty puzzles. All the answers can be found within these 13 floors: whodunit and how . . . and where they are now.
Twelve treasures sleep in the soil. The race is on!
PLUS SEVEN MORE EXCITING TITLES TO BE ANNOUNCED.
If you sign up today, you'll start with The Better of McSweeney's, Volume 2. Anyone starting their subscription today will start with Vol.1, Issue 47 and end at Vol. 1, Issue 56.
To view past books in the Book Release Club, please click here.
*Titles subject to change! Order in which you'll receive them also subject to change! We're doing our best planning out our book schedule, and we're confident that whatever books you get you 'll like.
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