Saltcrop: A Novel

Saltcrop: A NovelFrom the acclaimed author of The Stardust Grail comes the epic tale of two sisters who sail across oceans to find their missing third sisterand Earths environmental salvation. In Earth's not too distant future, seas consume coastal cities, highways disintegrate underwater, and mutant fish lurk in pirate controlled depths. Skipper, a skilled sailor and the youngest of three sisters, earns money skimming and reselling plastic from the ocean to care for

Dahye’s dreams of a fairy-tale romance twist into a grotesque nightmare

His criticism on topics such as the paternalism of white progressives or on his own friend Richard Wright's work is pointed and unabashed

and underscores why Kazuo Ishiguro

and a heartrending exploration of one woman's longing for autonomy in a rapidly changing world

Fat people die at higher rates from misdiagnosis or nontreatment

“A sweeping meditation on art

told through the rise of the Kim dynasty and its surprising ties to American Christianity—a spectacular

This is El Akkad's nonfiction debut

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he offers her an obscene amount of money for private time with two young local girls

Faust doesn’t just bend form—he breaks it open

It is an invitation to heal holistically