One of The Atlantic's Great American NovelsWinner of the 2016 International Dublin Literary Award"Gorgeously tender at its core…beautiful, heartstopping… Family Life really blazes." —Sonali Deraniyagala, New York Times Book ReviewHailed as a "supreme storyteller" ( Philadelphia Inquirer) for his "cunning, dismaying and beautifully conceived" fiction ( New York Times), Akhil Sharma is posse...

NEVER KISS A PIANO PLAYERLos Angeles, 1949. A dangerous woman. A desperate pianist. Five hundred thousand dollars. One terrible mistake.Jack “Dixie” Malone has spent his nights playing piano in the smoky rooms of Los Angeles, dreaming of a life beyond cheap apartments, unpaid bills, and the criminals who own the city after dark.Then he meets Rita Montgomery.Beautiful, mysterious, and married to ruthless syndicate boss Bruno “The Hammer” Marc...

THE ABATTOIR LANE AFFAIRWhat if the human conscience could be removed like an organ?In a rain-soaked city where science has learned to operate on the unseen architecture of the human mind, Detective Thomas Pryce investigates a murder that should be impossible.The victim's body is untouched.There is no conventional wound.But something essential is missing.A metaphysical organ known as the Hearth-Gland

From a preeminent legal scholar, a “fascinating” and “masterful” (Wall Street Journal) history of the American Constitution's formative decadesWhen the US Constitution won popular approval in 1788, it was the culmination of thirty years of passionate argument over the nature of government. But ratification hardly ended the conversation. For the next half century, ordinary Americans and statesmen alike continued to wrestle with weighty questions in the hall...

This “authoritative [and] important” (The New York Times Book Review) “biography” of America’s framing document explores topics ranging from presidential power and freedom of speech to birthright citizenship and beyond, explaining not only what the Constitution says but also why the Constitution says it.“Elegantly written, thorough but concise, and consistently enlightening . . . an indispensable reference.”—Scott Turow, The Washington Post Boo...

A Life of Adventure and Delight delivers eight masterful stories from dazzlingly original and critically acclaimed author Akhil Sharma.Hailed as a storyteller whose fiction is "a glowing work of art" ( Wall Street Journal), Akhil Sharma is possessed of a narrative voice "as hypnotic as those found in the pages of Dostoyevsky" ( The Nation). In A Life of Adventure and Delight, Sharma delivers eight masterful stories that focus on ...

Corrosive, funny, and frightening--one of the most absorbing first novels, Akhil Sharma's An Obedient Father."My general incompetence and laziness at work had been apparent for so long that I now think it was arrogant of Mr. Gupta to pick me as his money man. I am the type of person who does not make sure that a file includes all the pages it must have or that the pages are in the right order. I refuse to accept even properly placed blame, lying outrig...

Percival D. Finch is stuck.His existence is one of monotony, isolation, and rejected texts. His friends call him only when they require something from him, his work is a soul-crushing corporate existence, and even his own relatives don't fully understand him. But when a random message draws him into something much larger than himself, he's confronted with the one thing he's been running from: change.A insightful, witty, and curiously funny exploration of contemporary lonelin...

From a preeminent constitutional scholar, a “highly engaging and thought-provoking” (Wall Street Journal) exploration of the unwritten rules that inform the American ConstitutionDespite its venerated place atop American law and politics, our written Constitution does not enumerate all of the rules and rights, principles and procedures that actually govern modern America. As esteemed legal scholar Akhil Reed Amar explains, the solution to many constitutiona...

Red Tape presents a major new theory of the state developed by the renowned anthropologist Akhil Gupta. Seeking to understand the chronic and widespread poverty in India, the world's fourth largest economy, Gupta conceives of the relation between the state in India and the poor as one of structural violence. Every year this violence kills between two and three million people, especially women and girls, and lower-caste and indigenous peoples. Yet India's poor are not disenfranchis...

In this captivating exploration of quantum physics and the nature of time, The Timeless Loop delves into the mind-bending phenomena that challenge our understanding of reality. From quantum entanglement and retrocausality to the possibilities of time travel and alternate realities, this book unravels the paradoxes that shape our perception of time. With a blend of scientific insight and thought-provoking speculation, it invites readers to rethink the boundaries of past, present, and future...

The Logic of Illogic: A Fun Guide to Life's ContradictionsStep into a world where reason meets the absurd, and the impossible becomes an invitation to think differently. This book takes you on a thrilling journey through 30 of history's most fascinating paradoxes—from the puzzling Crocodile Paradox to the mind-bending Fermi Paradox.Discover how these seemingly unsolvable contradictions reveal profound truths about logic, identity, decision-making, and the nature of reality....