PERHAPS A GIFT VOUCHER FOR MUM?: MOTHER'S DAY
Stephen Policoff is so singular in so many ways-as the first writing teacher I ever had; as a seer of the ineffable, the unbearable, and the unexpectedly comedic; as a conjuror of no less than the extra-terrestrial-that I'm driven to the thesaurus, to lists of the like, in an effort to pinpoint his difference: 'Nonconformist'? 'Rara avis'? 'Maverick'? All kind of work but none does the trick. He's Stephen Policoff, for heavens' sake!-a joy to know and to read. So just read him and know! -Susan Choi, National Book Award winner for Trust Exercise. Pulitzer Prize finalist for American Woman Stephen Policoff's wildly creative new novel is the absolute perfect chord of magic, a wifely ghost, a bit of shamanism and a lot about human bonds and beliefs, all set against the backdrop of a Village blues club. Filled with a father's palpable love for family and for all the mysteries that just might be out of reach, Dangerous Blues might be billed as kind of a ghost story but it's a total kind of a knockout read. -Caroline Leavitt, New York Times bestselling author of With or Without You
