Description
Eight Hours. Minute by Minute. Somewhere in South Africa, a farm comes under heavy attack. No shooters in sight. Only one thing is certain: The attackers are savagely resolute. A diverse group of people barricade themselves inside the farmhouse: black and white; women, men, and children; bosses and workers; a police officer; random visitors. Who is the target of the attack? What has motivated it? Politics? Revenge? Greed? Drugs? Weapons? But do the people outside know more than those indoors? The snipers who are trying to operate in the dark of night? Who will die, who will survive? Who is pulling the strings? Who will be the winners, who will be the losers? And how long can eight hours actually be? Eight hours, minute by minute. Constant changes in perspective, piercing precision. An explosive mixture of psychological thriller and Neo-western with a political subtext.
300 review copies (150 prepub, 150 postpub) sent to reviewers, booksellers, librarians, bloggers, others. Available as an e-ARC on Edelweiss and Netgalley. Blog tour with book giveaways. Goodreads giveaway. We will seek features and reviews from newspapers, magazines, and journals. Promotion targeting Crime Reads, Lithub, International Thriller Writers (The Big Thrill, and others. We will promote the book to translation reviewers and global literature review magazines, including World Literature Today. We will create a reading guide for book clubs and others interested in reading the book in a group setting. The reading guide will be printed in the book and will include a Q&A with the author. We will seek out book clubs who are interested in the book and offer the chance to win a SKYPE visit with the author. Promotion at book fairs and trade shows--ALA annual, ALA mid-winter, African Studies Association, etc. We will submit the book for relevant awards. Promotion online via Catalyst's website, email lists and social media (blog, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube) with author and publisher interviews, chats, and guest posts. Simultaneous e-book and print release. Readers Guide available.
About the Author
Before writing novels, Max Annas worked as a journalist and renowned film critic. He lived for many years in South Africa but currently resides in Berlin. His fiction was included in Berlin Noir, edited by Thomas Woertche (published by Akashic Books). The Farm is currently under film production in South Africa. Rachel Hildebrandt Reynolds, founder of the Global Literature in Libraries Initiative (GLLI), is the translator of multiple novels from German to English, including Annas' The Wall, which World Literature Today listed as one of the 75 notable translations in 2019.
Reviews
"Annas's writing is crisp and tense, with not a word wasted, as we follow the bitter fight for survival." - Sunday Times (South Africa) "On a remote farm, in what reads like a South African crime novel version of Night of the Living Dead, a diverse group of strangers with little in common are under siege by violent attackers. Those inside must work together not only to survive, but to understand why they're being targeted in the first place." - CrimeReads "Five International Novels You Should Read This September" "A subtle, intelligent crime novel that leads with action and judiciously drip feeds character and meaning into the story along the way."-Crime Time
Awards
Winner of German Crime Prize (Germany).
Book Information
ISBN 9781946395221
Author Max Annas
Format Paperback
Page Count 184
Imprint Catalyst Books
Publisher Catalyst Books
300 review copies (150 prepub, 150 postpub) sent to reviewers, booksellers, librarians, bloggers, others. Available as an e-ARC on Edelweiss and Netgalley. Blog tour with book giveaways. Goodreads giveaway. We will seek features and reviews from newspapers, magazines, and journals. Promotion targeting Crime Reads, Lithub, International Thriller Writers (The Big Thrill, and others. We will promote the book to translation reviewers and global literature review magazines, including World Literature Today. We will create a reading guide for book clubs and others interested in reading the book in a group setting. The reading guide will be printed in the book and will include a Q&A with the author. We will seek out book clubs who are interested in the book and offer the chance to win a SKYPE visit with the author. Promotion at book fairs and trade shows--ALA annual, ALA mid-winter, African Studies Association, etc. We will submit the book for relevant awards. Promotion online via Catalyst's website, email lists and social media (blog, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube) with author and publisher interviews, chats, and guest posts. Simultaneous e-book and print release. Readers Guide available.
About the Author
Before writing novels, Max Annas worked as a journalist and renowned film critic. He lived for many years in South Africa but currently resides in Berlin. His fiction was included in Berlin Noir, edited by Thomas Woertche (published by Akashic Books). The Farm is currently under film production in South Africa. Rachel Hildebrandt Reynolds, founder of the Global Literature in Libraries Initiative (GLLI), is the translator of multiple novels from German to English, including Annas' The Wall, which World Literature Today listed as one of the 75 notable translations in 2019.
Reviews
"Annas's writing is crisp and tense, with not a word wasted, as we follow the bitter fight for survival." - Sunday Times (South Africa) "On a remote farm, in what reads like a South African crime novel version of Night of the Living Dead, a diverse group of strangers with little in common are under siege by violent attackers. Those inside must work together not only to survive, but to understand why they're being targeted in the first place." - CrimeReads "Five International Novels You Should Read This September" "A subtle, intelligent crime novel that leads with action and judiciously drip feeds character and meaning into the story along the way."-Crime Time
Awards
Winner of German Crime Prize (Germany).
Book Information
ISBN 9781946395221
Author Max Annas
Format Paperback
Page Count 184
Imprint Catalyst Books
Publisher Catalyst Books
