Oyster

Proof copy. 8vo. Pp. [xii], 291. Printed blue wraps.

Author's first novel. A tale of murder and revenge set in the oyster-rich bayou country of Louisiana in the 1950s. By the author of the O. Henry Award-winning collection of short stories The Torturer's Apprentice. Appointed its first guest columnist by The New York Times, Biguenet chronicled in both columns and videos his return to New Orleans after the passage of Hurricane Katrina and the city's efforts to rebuild. "A rich gumbo of incest and longing that simmers with tension." –Playboy