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PICADORJULY– DECEMBER 2015

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Dear Readers, Booksellers, Reviewers, and Other Friends of Picador,This year we celebrate Picador’s twentieth anniversary in the United States, a good time to look back and to look forward.

Originally founded in 1995 as a publishing house for sophisticated hardcover fiction and nonfiction and for many Macmillan authors in their paperback lives, Picador is now home to a pantheon of incredibly talented authors, with a list of more than 1,500 titles, and 120-plus new titles, both original and reprints, published each year.

In these twenty years, Picador has done many things: rode the wave of the golden age of reprint paperback publishing, published widely in original fiction and nonfiction across formats (hardcover, paperback original, and digital) and played a part in the growth and establishment of many important voices. Is twenty years long enough to declare a book a Classic? We think so and, with that in mind, keep an eye out this fall for the limited editions of four of our cornerstone books in our pocket-friendly Picador Modern Classics line (page 7).

In among all the changes and evolutions of the past two decades, we’ve not waivered in our commitment to great writers and great writing; to writers who provoke and challenge with fresh ideas and insights; to writers who tell stories and create characters who take us places we’ve never been and show us new ways to see and experience what we thought was familiar.

Great publishing is a collective effort with the author and their work at its heart. In the years ahead we plan to continue to play our part in bringing you more brilliant books from brilliant writers and hope that you will continue to join us in being part of this mission. In the pages ahead, please find a selection of our titles–—from both new and established voices–—for the second half of 2015. Enjoy.

All best wishes,

Stephen Morrison Publisher, Picador [email protected]

CATEGORY: FICTION ISBN: 978-1-250-06664-0

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T H E L A S T P I L O T: A N O V E L | Benjamin Johncock

“This is by far the best debut novel I’ve read in years . . . a Western in disguise; a quiet, limpid Western, where the action mostly takes place in the air and in the chambers of the heart.

To me, it reads like the reclusive disciple of Cormac McCarthy and de Saint-Exupéry.” –— J O A N N E H A R R I S ,

N E W Y O R K T I M E S B E S T S E L L I N G A U T H O R

“Told in language as beautifully spare–—and unsparing–— as a desert or a moonscape, The Last Pilot reminds us in

powerful ways that the real unknown frontier still lies within the mysteries of the human heart.” –— K I M E D W A R D S , N E W Y O R K T I M E S B E S T S E L L I N G A U T H O R

FROM AN AWARD-WINNING WRITER, A GRIPPING DEBUT NOVEL OF THE SPACE

RACE THAT EXPLORES THE INNER LIFE OF A NATIONAL HERO–—AND ASKS WHAT

IT MEANS TO BE COURAGEOUS IN THE FACE OF UNTHINKABLE LOSS

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JULY

B E N JA M I N J O H N C O C K resides in England and writes regularly for The Guardian. The Last Pilot is his first novel.

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B L A C K C H A L K : A N O V E L | Christopher J. Yates

ONE GAME . SIX STUDENTS. FIVE SURVIVORS.

FOR READERS OF DONNA TARTT’S

THE SECRET HISTORY AND GUILLERMO

MARTINEZ’S THE OXFORD MURDERS

FILM R IGHTS OPTIONED BY RON HOWARD/

IMAGINE ENTERTAINMENT

“Yates, a crossword puzzle editor, plots with tantalizing skill.” –— P E O P L E

A C O M P U L S I V E LY R E A DA B L E P SYC H O L O G I C A L T H R I L L E R S E T AT OX F O R D

U N I V E R S I T Y I N W H I C H A G RO U P O F S I X ST U D E N T S P L AY A N E L A B O R AT E

GA M E O F DA R E S A N D C O N S E Q U E N C E S W I T H T R AG I C R E S U LT S

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C H R I ST O P H E R J . YAT E S studied law at Oxford University and now resides in New York City, where he works as a puzzle and games editor. Black Chalk is his debut novel.

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CATEGORY: MEMOIR/MEDICINE ISBN: 978-1-250-04463-1

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BLACK MAN IN A WHITE COAT: A DOCTOR’S REFLECTIONS ON R ACE AND MEDICINE | Damon Tweedy, M.D.

FOR READERS OF ATUL GAWANDE ,

PAULINE CHEN, AND NATHAN McCALL’S

MAKES ME WANNA HOLLER

“An eye-opening and compelling examination of medicine’s continued discomfort with race . . .

Required reading for anyone wishing to understand medicine in America today.” –— D A N I E L L E O F R I ,

M . D . , P H . D . , A U T H O R O F W H A T D O C T O R S

F E E L : H O W E M O T I O N S A F F E C T T H E

P R A C T I C E O F M E D I C I N E

O N E D O C T O R’ S PA S S I O NAT E A N D P RO F O U N D M E M O I R O F H I S

E X P E R I E N C E G R A P P L I N G W I T H R AC I A L I D E N T I T Y, B I A S , A N D

T H E U N I Q U E H E A LT H P RO B L E M S O F B L AC K A M E R I C A N S

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SEPTEMBER

DA M O N T W E E DY, M . D. , is an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

at Duke University School of Medicine.

2015 BEA EDITORS’

BUZZ PANEL SELECTION


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A C L U E T O T H E E X I T : A N O V E L | Edward St. Aubyn

ONE OF ST. AUBYN’S EARLIEST NOVELS–—

AND THE LAST TO BE LEFT UNPUBLISHED

IN THE UNITED STATES , UNTIL NOW

“One of the great comic writers of our time.” –— T H E N E W Y O R K R E V I E W O F B O O K S

ALSO FROM

EDWARD

ST. AUBYN

A B E AU T I F U L LY M O D U L AT E D N OV E L T H AT D E L I V E R S T H E F U N N I E ST L O O K

AT D E AT H A N D C O N S C I O U S N E S S YO U W I L L E V E R R E A D

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E DWA R D ST. AU BY N was born in London in 1960. He is the author of Lost for Words, On the Edge and The Complete Patrick

Melrose Novels: Never Mind, Bad News, Some Hope, Mother’s Milk, and At Last. Mother’s Milk, the fourth novel of the Melrose Series,

was shortlisted for the Booker Prize.


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A POET OF THE INVISIBLE WORLD: A NOVEL | Michael Golding

A BEAUTIFUL PACKAGE , WITH FRENCH

FLAPS AND DECKLE EDGE

FOR READERS OF HERMANN HESSE’S

SIDDHARTHA AND ARUNDHATI ROY’S

THE GOD OF SMALL THINGS

I N T H E T R A D I T I O N O F T H E A LC H E M I ST BY PAU L O C O E L H O ,

A S P I R I T UA L FA B L E S E V E N Y E A R S I N T H E W R I T I N G A B O U T A B OY W H O

E M B A R K S O N A J O U R N E Y T O T R A N S C E N D E N C E

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M I C H A E L G O L D I N G is the author of Simple Prayers and Benjamin’s Gift. A former actor and screenwriter, his adaptation

of the international bestseller Silk starred Keira Knightly and Alfred Molina. He lives in northern California.

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N O M O R E C H A M P A G N E : C H U R C H I L L A N D H I S M O N E Y | David Lough

FOR CHURCHILL ENTHUSIASTS

AS WELL AS READERS OF DAVID NASAW

AND DOR IS KEARNS GOODWIN

T H E FA S C I NAT I N G ST O RY O F C H U RC H I L L’ S L I F E T I M E

O F TA N G L E D P E R S O NA L F I NA N C E S

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A former banker and member of the London Stock Exchange, DAV I D L O U G H studied history at Oxford University.

HARDCOVERNOVEMBER

P I C A D O R M O D E R N C L A S S I C S

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Flatiron Building. Our Twentieth Anniversary Modern Classics pair iconic books with a design that’s both small enough to fit in your pocket and

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P I C A D O R M OV I E T I E - I N S

THE REVENANT: A NOVEL OF REVENGE | Michael Punke

D E E P D O W N D A R K : T H E U N T O L D S T O R I E S O F 3 3 M E N B U R I E D I N A C H I L E A N M I N E , A N D

T H E M I R A C L E T H A T S E T T H E M F R E E | Héctor Tobar

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SELECTED BY ANN PATCHETT FOR NPR’S MORNING

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • 20+ BEST OF THE YEAR DESIGNATIONS

LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK PR IZE FINALIST

FOR FANS OF INTO THE WILD AND IN THE HEART OF THE SEA

“A riveting account of a remarkable disaster.” –— L A R R Y G E T L A N , N E W Y O R K P O S T

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N E W Y O R K T I M E S B E ST S E L L E R

NATIONAL BOOK AWARD LONGLIST

“A stunning meditation on the power of escape, and on the cat-and-mouse contest

the self plays to deflect its own guilt.” –— T H E N E W Y O R K T I M E S

B O O K R E V I E W


INCLUDES AN ALL NEW BONUS STORY

“The stories are artfully constructed and share a muted gothic tone marked

by the same ‘heightened, crawling quality’ that one of Mantel’s narrators, a writer, finds at a moldering hotel.”

–— T H E N E W Y O R K E R



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WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD

FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

“Writing in lovely, angular prose that has the high loneliness of an old bluegrass

tune, Ms. Robinson has created a balladlike story . . . powerful and deeply

affecting.” –— MICHIKO KAKUTANI, T H E N E W Y O R K T I M E S

FINALIST FOR THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY’S YOUNG LIONS FICTION AWARD

AND THE FOLIO PRIZE

OVER 20 BEST OF THE YEAR DESIGNATIONS

“10:04 is a mind-blowing book; to use Lerner’s own description, it’s a book

that’s written ‘on the very edge of fiction.’” –— M A U R E E N C O R R I G A N ,

N P R ’ S F R E S H A I R





EBOOK PRICE: $9.99



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“The Laughing Monsters addresses the vanishing present, a giddy trickle-down

of global exploitation and hubris–— the farcical exploits of cold dudes in a hard land.” –— J O Y W I L L I A M S ,

T H E N E W Y O R K T I M E S B O O K R E V I E W

“Clearly, we are in the territory of the wholehearted, up-for-anything gothic, which even as it undertakes

a melancholic exploration of the lost, forlorn and bereft operates with the

volume cranked and the plot on greased wheels.” –— P E T E R S T R A U B ,

T H E W A S H I N G T O N P O S T

CATEGORY: WOMEN’S STUDIES ISBN: 978-1-250-07266-5




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A N E W Y O R K T I M E S N O TA B L E B O O K O F 2 014

INCLUDES A NEW AFTERWORD

“Katha Pollitt’s brilliant new book arrives like an urgent letter as rights are fast eroding . . . a myth-busting argument.”

–— K A T E M A N N I N G , T I M E

P O P E F R A N C I S V I S I T S T H E U. S . S E P T E M B E R 2 015

INCLUDES AN UPDATED AND EXPANDED EPILOGUE

“Easily the best treatment of Pope Francis’s Argentine background in English, written by someone who

knows Catholicism inside and out.” –— J O H N L . A L L E N , J R . ,

T H E B O S T O N G L O B E

CATEGORY: LITERARY CRITICISM & COLLECTIONS/ESSAYSISBN: 978-1-250-06765-4





CATEGORY: LITERARY CRITICISM/FAMILY/ESSAYS ISBN: 978-1-250-07492-8




“[Meghan Daum] is among the best personal essayists of a searching, cynical

generation that’s lucky to have her.”

–— J O H N W I L L I A M S ,

T H E N E W Y O R K T I M E S

N E W LY R E I S S U E D

INCLUDES A NEW PREFACE

“Even when [Daum] is being funny, her writing has a clarity and intensity

that just makes you feel awake.”

–— I R A G L A S S , H O S T O F

T H I S A M E R I C A N L I F E

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“You’ll hear the calypso music in this

vivid debut.” –— P E O P L E

“A tale of seduction, sex, love, death,

and music.” –— T H E N E W

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