Book description
2019 IPPY Award Silver Medalist
2019 IBPA Ben Franklin Award Silver Medalist
Powell's Books Best Fiction of 2018
"Rosson is a talent to be watched." - Jason Heller, NPR
Marvin Deitz has some serious problems. His mob-connected landlord is strong-arming him out of his storefront. His therapist has concerns about…
Why read it?
1 author picked Smoke City as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
This book combines so much of what I love in weird, fantastical literature. Beautiful sentences. Odd ghosts. A grief-stricken reincarnation of Joan of Arc’s Executioner. I loved the narrative arc of the failed punk artist as he tries to drive to LA to attend his ex-wife’s funeral in the hopes of finding some redemption.
This one hit all the right emotional notes for me, and I can’t say I’ve ever read another book like it. Honestly, all of Rosson’s books do this. Don’t sleep on them!
From Corey's list on blend literary fiction with dark fantasy horror.
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