First published 2012
This sampler presents opening chapters from four emerging novelists published by Corsair in 2013. Amber Dermont contributes from The Starboard Sea, her novel about teenage life among Manhattan's elite sailing community. James Renner offers a taste of The Man From Primrose Lane, a mystery that blends time travel elements with dark obsession. Nick Dybek provides an excerpt from When Captain Flint Was Still a Good Man, an atmospheric story exploring youth and moral complexity. Tom Winter rounds out the collection with Lost & Found, following two isolated people who connect through correspondence. Each selection showcases a different narrative voice and fictional world, from privileged East Coast society to genre-bending thriller territory. The collection serves readers seeking fresh literary voices and publishers demonstrating their confidence in new talent.
Genres: fiction, literary-fiction, contemporary, 21st-century
Vibes: atmospheric, emotional, suspenseful
Tropes: genre-blending, unreliable-narrator
Setting: East Coast, Manhattan
Period: 2013
138 pages · Kindle Edition · Corsair