Anton DiSclafani. Riverhead, $27.95 (400p) ISBN 978-1-59448-640-1
The setup for this debut novel is delectable: it’s 1930, the country is tumbling into depression, and 15-year-old Thea has done something bad enough to get her sent from Florida to an elite year-round “camp” in North Carolina where, at least at...
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Anton DiSclafani. Riverhead, $26 (384p) ISBN 978-1-59463-316-4
DiSclafani’s second novel, following The Yonahlossee Riding Camp for Girls, is an intriguing story about the complexities of female friendship and the intricate social hierarchy of Houston’s oil elite in the 1950s. In a world focused on glamor and...
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Edited by Gwendolyn Zepeda. Akashic, $15.95 trade paper (256p) ISBN 978-1-61775-706-8
Although some of the 14 short stories in this solid Akashic noir anthology are not city specific, most make the Houston setting central to their narratives. Zepeda’s introduction notes her hometown’s unique features, including the absence of any...
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