About the Author

James Sallis has published sixteen novels, multiple collections of short stories, essays, and poems, books of musicology, a biography of Chester Himes, and a translation of Raymond Queneau's novel Saint Glinglin. He has written about books for the LA Times, New York Times, and Washington Post, and for some years served as a books columnist for the Boston Globe. He has received a lifetime achievement award from Bouchercon, the Hammett Award for literary excellence in crime writing, and the Grand Prix de Littérature policière.

Reviews

Poetic, complex and multidimensional, James Sallis' crime novels about New Orleans detective Lew Griffin are unlike any you are likely to crack open
*Los Angeles Times*

Sallis's voice is unique among mystery writers, and this novel, like previous ones in the series, is unforgettable
*Publishers Weekly*

Richly atmospheric, haunting, utterly compelling, the Lew Griffin novels are really cool. James Sallis is an outstanding crime writer - an outstanding writer period
*Frances McDormand*

The New Orleans backdrop - gumbo, okra and the strains of jazz circa the 1960s - all add up to a rich gumbo of its own, nicely set off by the odd Lew Griffin and the quirky jumps in time
*Barcelona Review*

it is hard to think of another contemporary writer who has so brilliantly captured the shifting sand that is memory
*The Edge Magazine*