The Lobster Kings
A Novel
12 May 2015
Territory Rights — Worldwide excluding Canada and the British Commonwealth.
Description
A mythical family saga steeped in the legends of the sea, The Lobster Kings is a "powerhouse of a novel" (Ben Fountain).
The Kings family has lived on Loosewood Island for three hundred years. Now, Woody Kings, the leader of the island's lobster fishing community and the family patriarch, teeters on the throne, and Cordelia, the oldest of Woody's three daughters, stands to inherit the crown. To do so, however, she must defend her island from meth dealers from the mainland, while navigating sibling rivalry and the vulnerable nature of her own heart when she falls in love with her sternman.
Reviews
"Steeped in familial legend and dusted with maritime magic…Zentner keeps a firm grip on his tale." — Boston Globe
"A powerhouse of a novel. Alexi Zentner proves himself to be a writer of the first rank." — Ben Fountain, author of Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk
"Alexi Zentner is one of the greatest literary architects and mythmakers working today." — Téa Obreht, author of The Tiger’s Wife
"The Lobster Kings is well worth a summer read; in fact, it's likely the reader will want to devour it again and again." — Autumn Markus, New York Journal of Books
"Award-winning Zentner's literary tour de force takes hold of the reader's imagination and doesn't let go. Extraordinary storytelling not to be missed." — Library Journal, starred review
"Brutal and beautiful." — Publishers Weekly
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