A novel about fear of the future—and the future of fearNew York City, the near future: Mitchell Zukor, a gifted young mathematician, is hired by a mysterious new financial consulting firm, FutureWorld
New Orleans, 1918. The birth of jazz, the Spanish flu, an ax murderer on the loose. The lives of a traumatized cop, a conflicted Mafia matriarch, and a brilliant trumpeter converge—and the Crescent Ci
From the author of Losing Earth, a beautifully told exploration of our post-natural world that points the way to a new mode of ecological writing.We live in a time when scientists race to reanimate ex
An instant classic: The most urgent story of our times, brilliantly reframed, beautifully toldBy 1979, we knew all that we know now about the science of climate change—what was happening, why it was h
All cities have their secrets, but none are so dark as San Francisco's, the city that Ambrose Bierce famously described as "a point upon a map of fog." With its reputation as a shadowy land of easy vi
One of the most original, dazzling, and critically acclaimed debut novels this year.In this debut novel, hailed by Stephen King as A"terrifying, touching, and wildly funny,A" the stories of two stran
By 1979, we knew nearly everything we understand today about climate change--including how to stop it. Over the next decade, a handful of scientists, politicians, and strategists, led by two unlikely
While working for a mysterious financial consulting firm that offers insurance to corporations against impending catastrophic events, a gifted young mathematician becomes increasingly obsessed with do
From the author of Losing Earth, a deeply reported and beautifully told exploration of our post-natural worldWe live at a time in which scientists race to reanimate extinct beasts, our most essential
An instant classic: the most urgent story of our times, brilliantly reframed, beautifully toldBy 1979, we knew nearly everything we understand today about climate change—including how to stop it. Over
A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice and a Paris Review Staff PickA January Pick by Salon, Town and Country, Southern Living, and LA MagazineNew Orleans, 1918. The birth of jazz, the Spanish
