{"product_id":"sourland","title":"Sourland","description":"\n\u003ctable align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"productDetailSmallElements\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBiographical Note\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eAriel Delgado Dixon\u003c\/b\u003e was born and raised in Trenton, New Jersey. She is the author of the novels \n\u003ci\u003eSourland\u003c\/i\u003e and \n\u003ci\u003eDon't Say We Didn't Warn You\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives in Western Massachusetts where she works in farming and teaches writing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"Full of sinewy desire, deception, shootouts and chases, and characters you might meet in a DeLillo novel. Atmospheric, with an eye for people, it reads like no other crime novel.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eElectric Lit\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"If you wish \n\u003ci\u003eSuccession\u003c\/i\u003e was a little more Gen Z.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eHarper's Bazaar\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"The kind of literary thriller that gets dirt under its nails--moody, combustible and charged with the sense that everyone is hiding something dangerous. An instant add to any summer to-be-read list.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe Seattle Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"As the ex-lovers of a missing weed farmer grapple for control of her land and harvest, they contend with the force of her presence and the complexities of their own pasts against the sensuous Northern California wilderness. Deliciously written and compulsively readable, \n\u003ci\u003eSourland \u003c\/i\u003ecaptures the dying days of a band of outlaws ensnared in a web of pleasure, labor, and loss.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--Carmen Maria Machado, author of \u003ci\u003eIn the Dream House\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eHer Body and Other Parties\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"I am in love with this story, the way one hillside can be a world unto itself, imperiled and lasting. . . . From the smallest noticing in exquisite detail to the carnal twist of plot and fortune, what a shockingly delightful book.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--Jackie Polzin, author of \u003ci\u003eBrood\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\" \n\u003ci\u003eSourland \u003c\/i\u003eis an absorbing, sensuous novel about sex and ambition, and what happens when a marijuana farmer disappears and two of her former lovers vie for control of the crop. Dixon's characters love and fight with primal urgency, even as they save the best of themselves for their beloved plants. In prose that is as lush as the dankest harvest, \n\u003ci\u003eSourland \u003c\/i\u003eis a bittersweet symphony of sweat, smoke, and dirt.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--Elizabeth Gonzalez James, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Bullet Swallower\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A mind-blowing, page-turning, utterly original literary thriller, \n\u003ci\u003eSourland \u003c\/i\u003eis a novel of passion, shifting allegiances, and dangerous power struggles set on an illegal weed farm. Ariel Delgado Dixon packs this gritty underworld with sex, brutal violence, and virtuosic sentences. I stayed up way too late to find out who makes it out of Sourland alive. . . . A high-octane masterpiece.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--Mary Pauline Lowry, author of\u003ci\u003e The Roxy Letters\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\"Atmospheric . . . Expertly paced and with equal amounts of suspense and melodrama, Dixon's story captures the pulse of criminal life and the thrum of desire. This sizzles.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"[A] gritty neo-Western, complete with double crosses, shootouts, rattletrap pickup trucks, a herd of cattle, and a dog named Pistol . . . Dixon's wealth of knowledge about both legal and illegal farming practices and her feel for the texture of rural queer living infuse this sweaty, smoky thriller with vibrant realism . . . Skunky, in the best possible way.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A lush tale of revenge, crime, love, and weed . . . Well told from all three main characters' points of view, with turns of suspense, humor, and sensuality, this is engrossing.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher Marketing\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eA gripping, propulsive novel about succession, sex, and revenge on a California marijuana farm\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\"Deliciously written and compulsively readable . . . As the ex-lovers of a missing weed farmer grapple for control of her land and harvest, they contend with the force of her presence and the complexities of their own pasts.\"--Carmen Maria Machado, author of \u003ci\u003eIn the Dream House\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eHer Body and Other Parties\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eA Most Anticipated Book: \u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eElectric Lit, Harper's Bazaar, The Seattle Times, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eand\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e Autostraddle\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSapphire and her farm, Sourland, are fixtures of Northern California's rugged wilderness, offering refuge to rejects, rebels, and outcasts--anyone willing to work and learn. But the haven Sapphire has built is fractured when she suddenly goes missing, her scorched truck abandoned on a mountain road. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrankie, a disgraced ballerina and Sapphire's former girlfriend and right-hand woman, returns to Sourland, claiming ownership of the farm. When she arrives, Frankie finds that Fizz--Sapphire's most recent lover, an ex-baseball player with a preternatural green thumb--has already begun prepping Sourland for its biggest harvest yet. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs the two grapple for power, the farm's fate hangs in the balance, and with it, the future Fizz and Frankie each covet for themselves. Past demons and scorned admirers remain hauntingly close, while the specter of Sapphire looms over the farm: in cryptic notes, in bud-tender gossip, in every blade of grass and whorl of smoke. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA brilliantly constructed novel of desire and betrayal, \n\u003ci\u003eSourland\u003c\/i\u003e sparkles with the beauty and grime of the California woods. Dixon's novel warns that our true nature catches up to us all--no matter how far we run.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations:\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/span\u003e 04\/27\/2026 (EAN 9780593243534, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/span\u003e 06\/01\/2026 (EAN 9780593243534, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eBooklist\u003c\/span\u003e 06\/01\/2026 (EAN 9780593243534, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n","brand":"Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51496181858582,"sku":"9780593243534","price":34.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0857\/9910\/8886\/files\/9780593243534.jpg?v=1783056864","url":"https:\/\/lusper.myshopify.com\/products\/sourland","provider":"Lusperbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}