- American literature, pulp Western, queer, librarians
“That girl’s got more wrong notions than a barn owl’s got mean looks.” Esther is a stowaway. She’s hidden herself away in the Librarian’s book wagon in an attempt to escape the marriage her father has arranged for her—a marriage to the man who was previously engaged to her best friend. Her best friend who she was in love with. Her best friend who was just executed for possession of resistance propaganda. The future American Southwest is full of bandits, fascists, and queer librarian spies on horseback trying to do the right thing.
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Classical in form, unpretentious, relentless and effortless.
- classical in formformally daring
- unpretentiousprestige
- contemplativerelentless
- effortlessdemanding
- character-ledplot-driven
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About the book
- Author
- Sarah Gailey, Romy Nordlinger
- First published
- 2020
- Pages
- 176
- Publisher
- Tor.com, Tantor Audio, Doherty Associates, LLC, Tom
- Editions
- 4
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781250213587
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“As Esther breathed in the sweet, musty smell of the horse blankets in the back of the Librarians’ wagon, she chewed on the I-told-you-so feeling that had overwhelmed her ever since her father had told her the news about Beatriz.”
Hugo award winner Sarah Gailey lives and works in California. Their nonfiction has been published by dozens of venues internationally including Locus and the Boston Globe. Their fiction has been published internationally in over six different languages. Their debut novel, Magic for Liars, was an LA Times bestseller. Their most recent novel, The Echo Wife, is available now everywhere books are sold. You can find links to their work at sarahgailey.com and on social media at @gaileyfrey. Image ©Allan Amato 2019.
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