Endorsed by Francisco Goldman, with blurbs probable from Junot Diaz and Daniel Alarcon National print and public radio campaigns, with an additional focuson Jewish and Latin American-interest outlets + feature coverage during National Hispanic Heritage Month (September 15 to October 15) Serial placement possible through Harper's and excerpt currently available through the Jerusalem Post and Words Without Borders: The Online Magazine for International Literature Tour: San Francisco, CA; Denver, CO; Iowa City, IA; Kansas City, MO; New York, NY and more TBD Significant galley printing. ARCs distributed at BEA and ALA. Book club outreach including the development and distribution of a reading group guide Promotional giveaways through Goodreads and Library Thing Academic marketing plans include: Consortium subject catalogs and Required Reading newsletter advertising, and promotion at academic shows like MLA and AWP Book trailer Promotion through www.blpress.com Co-op available Marketing and publicity efforts supported by Molly Mikolowski of A Literary Light
Eduardo Halfon is the author of The Polish Boxer, Monastery, Mourning, Canción, and Tarantula. He is the recipient of the Guatemalan National Prize in Literature, Roger Caillois Prize, José María de Pereda Prize for the Short Novel, International Latino Book Award, Edward Lewis Wallant Award, and Berman Literature Prize, among other honors. A citizen of Guatemala and Spain, Halfon was born in Guatemala City, attended school in Florida and North Carolina, and has lived in Nebraska, Spain, Paris, and Berlin.
Select Praise for The Polish BoxerNew York Times “Editors’ Choice”
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International Latino Book Award Finalist“A Borgesian,
post-Communist-era, comic detective noir.” —New York Review of
BooksMore Praise for Eduardo Halfon’s Fiction“Halfon is a brilliant
storyteller.” —Daniel Alarcón“Halfon’s prose is as delicate,
precise, and ineffable as precocious art, a lighthouse that
illuminates everything.” —Francisco Goldman“Elegant.” —Marie
Claire“Engrossing.” —NBC Latino“Fantastic.” —NPR
Alt.Latino“Offer[s] surprise and revelation at every turn.”
—Reader’s Digest“Deeply accessible, deeply moving.” —Los Angeles
Times“[Halfon’s] books, which take on such dark subjects, are so
enjoyable to read.” —New York Review of Books“There is something
Bolañoesque about Halfon’s fictions, the way art and violence
conspire to distort mythologies both personal and national.” —New
York Times Book Review
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