Adios Muchachos
More Cuban noir from Akashic! (Following the success of Outcast by José Latour—nominated for Edgar, Anthony and Firecracker awards.)
Catalog Tag: Cuba
Curse the Names
Robert Arellano, author of the Edgar-nominated crime novel Havana Lunar, returns with another spine-tingling noir from Akashic Books.
Don Dimaio of La Plata
Celebrating the 400th anniversary of the modern novel, Akashic Books publishes a Don Quixote for the era of graft: racketeering politicians, stolen elections, and total-bullshit recalls!
The Eye of Cybele
The Ancient Greek thriller from the author of Adios Muchachos, winner of an Edgar Award.
Fast Eddie, King of the Bees
Fast Eddie is a convoluted Oedipal adventure blending low-brow scenarios with high-art diction, reminiscent of Robert Coover, John Hawkes, and Edmund White.
The Girl with the Golden Shoes
A dazzling coming-of-age novella, now an Essence Magazine best seller, by Jamaica’s top-selling writer.
Havana Libre
The scintillating stand-alone sequel to Arellano’s 2010 Edgar Award finalist, Havana Lunar.
Havana Lunar
A literary crime novel on the last island of socialism, during a period of intense desperation.
Havana Noir (Cuba)
In the stories of Havana Noir, authors uncover crimes of violence and loveless sex, of mental cruelty and greed, of self-preservation and collective hysteria, in a city characterized by ironic and wrenching contradictions.
Home: Social Essays
A seminal Jones/Baraka literary land mine that launches AkashiClassics: Renegade Reprint Series.
The Lesser Tragedy of Death
The highly anticipated debut poetry collection from the best-selling author of Dreaming in Cuban.
Nine Coins/Nueve monedas
The winner of the Paz Prize for Poetry, presented by the National Poetry Series; published in both English and Spanish.
The Tower of the Antilles
Obejas’s stories of contemporary Cuba explore how history and fate intrude on even the most ordinary of lives.