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Indie bookstore fave author and chronicler of city life, 70 styles, and the greatest Jewish eateries anywhere, Jason Diamond brings forth a debut novel you will not be able to put down. Preorder your copy and get a limited edition print and an autographed bookplate to apply to your copy and enjoy being just a little bit cooler than everyone else (at least if you ask us).
Fine Print: The publication date is 9/16 and books will ship 9/15-9/16 earliest orders first. There are a limited number of prints and this special preorder offer will close once they have run out.
ABOUT THE BOOK
A dazzling debut novel about mothers and sons, crime and consequence, unspoken family secrets, and being Jewish in America
Elijah Mendes was hoping for a more triumphant return to Chicago. His mother, Eve, is dying of cancer, his business flamed out, and he has nowhere else to go. So he returns to Chicago feeling listless and shattered, worried about how he’s going to help his mother despite their chilly relationship. He finds some inspiration when he discovers that their family owns a Jewish cemetery and that a man he’s never heard of, his great-uncle Solomon Kaplan, is buried in a plot there. With a new sense of purpose—and an excuse to talk more deeply with his mother—Elijah begins pursuing a family mystery of extraordinary proportions.
Elijah discovers his grandfather Yitz, Eve’s father, was a powerful gangster in the 1920s. She was ashamed and never spoke about him to Elijah. As secrets unravel, the past and present become intertwined, and Yitz’s story forces Elijah and Eve to bond in ways they never have before and begin to accept each other, not as who they wish they were but as they both are.
Kaplan’s Plot is an astonishing balancing act between the ruthless and the tender, the superficial and the truth, by a writer with tremendous promise.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Jason Diamond is the author of Searching for John Hughes, The Sprawl and co-author of New York Nico's Guide to NYC (with Nicolas Heller). His work has been published by the New York Times, Esquire, The New Yorker, GQ, The Paris Review, and many other outlets. He publishes the newsletter The Melt, was born in Skokie, Illinois, and currently lives in Brooklyn with his wife and daughter. Kaplan’s Plot is his first novel.
One of the most anticipated books of the year by the Chicago Review of Books, Debutiful, The Millions, Hey Alma, and the Orange County Register
“A gangster novel of epic scale.” —People
“A sprawling, funny, Jewish family saga. . . . Kaplan's Plot concerns Chicago, cemeteries, secrets and crimes, and...