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The Californians roves from the wildfires of today to silent-era Hollywood to LA just before the Rodney King riots, from New York in the 80s to mid-century Palm Springs, intertwining two families over a century as they explore the purpose of art and the meaning of success. It will be out from Mariner Books on March 11th, 2025. Pre-order The Californians: Amazon Barnes & Noble Books-A-Million Bookshop.org HarperCollins Target "Immersive, expansive, century-spanning, and deeply-felt, The Californians takes you on a ride through three generations of artists, capitalists, patsies, dreamers, cheats--Californians... A total pleasure of a book." - Lynn Steger Strong, author of Flight "The Californians is an absolute pleasure from end to end, a thrilling, century-spanning, wholly American tale of art and money, family and land, treasure and time. Few storytellers write with such stylistic ambition as Brian Castleberry, and with The Californians he wins big off every bold bet he makes. A brilliant read for fans of Anthony Doerr, Dana Spiotta, and Don DeLillo." - Matt Bell, author of Appleseed "Plumbing the guts of the darkly glimmering behemoth that is contemporary America, The Californians is an immense successor to Nine Shiny Objects, a big American novel that establishes Castleberry as a diagnostician of what went wrong with the American Dream." - Asako Serizawa, author of Inheritors "Castleberry manages the spectacular feat of writing a novel that can be read forwards, backwards, and sideways, and the result is a book I'll be thinking about for years to come." - Rachel Beanland, author of The House Is on Fire "Exhilarating, profound, and pulsating with humor, The Californians illuminates something quintessentially American--the audacious pursuit of individual freedom, be it creative, moral, or monetary... It will keep you spellbound." - Ye Chun, author of Straw Dogs of the Universe "Brian Castleberry's The Californians is a brilliantly crafted novel about chasing meaning in a burning world, the way money both empowers and spoils, and the place of art and the artist in a land of consumption. From Hollywood's early silent films to New York's 1980s downtown art scene and the smoke-filled air of the American West today, Castleberry invents a world fabulously vast in scope. I'm in awe." - Kelli Jo Ford, author of Crooked Hallelujah Nine Shiny Objects, Brian Castleberry's first novel (Custom House, 2020), was a NYT Editor's Choice, an Indie Next Selection, was long-listed for the PEN/Faulkner Award, and won the Library of Virginia Book Award in Fiction. It spans from the beginnings of the Cold War to the late 1980s, and focuses on the generational strife between utopian dreamers and the forces of violent reaction. From the 1947 UFO sightings in the Cascades through the dark underbelly of rock 'n' roll, the book follows a wide cast of characters all seeking some kind of meaning in a nation often defined by its chaos. |
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