Well now! Here's the latest from TJ Waters, whose non-fiction, CLASS 11, about the first CIA class after 9/11 promises to be a real honey of a read. TJ says,
"Finally got my website up and running; check out www.tjwaters.com. Movie negotiations underway right now - keep your fingers crossed!" Indeed I will. Do send good vibes in his direction! Can hardly wait to get my hands on his book. Have it advance ordered, in fact.
And now, from Publishers Lunch Weekly:
FICTION/DEBUT:
Dinaw Mengestu's CHILDREN OF THE REVOLUTION, about an Ethiopian immigrant and grocery store owner and the relationship he has with his two best friends, and a white next door neighbor and her mulatto child, to Megan Lynch at Riverhead, at auction, by PJ Mark at McCormick & Williams Literary Agency (NA). pm@mccormickwilliams.com
MYSTERY/CRIME:
LA Times bestselling author John Shannon's THE DARK STREETS, the latest novel in the Jack Liffey mystery series, to Claiborne Hancock at Pegasus, in a nice deal, by the Amy Rennert Agency (world).claiborne@pegasusbooks.us
THRILLER:
Juan Gómez Jurado's forthcoming Spanish novel GOD'S SPY, in which a couple of Cardinals are found brutally murdered just before the election of the new Pope, and the Vatican police realize they have a probable serial killer on their hands, enlisting a Roman inspector and a priest who is a former US Army intelligence officer to investigate -- as they wonder if the Vatican is helping, or sacrificing them as pawns in an even more deadly game, to Dutton, by Thomas Colchie at The Colchie Agency, on behalf of the Antonia Kerrigan Literary Agency (NA).
Italian rights went to Longanesi recently; rights have also been sold to Gyldendal in Norway.bernat@antoniakerrigan.com
Man Booker Prize Winner John Banville writing as Benjamin Black's QUIRKE, which features a pathologist who uncovers a murderous plot at the heart of the Catholic establishment of Dublin and Boston, for publication in winter 2007; and a second book in the series to be published in winter 2008, to Jennifer Barth and John Sterling at Holt (and Picador for paperback), at auction, by Ed Victor (NA)
UK:
SPEAK SOFTLY SHE CAN HEAR author Pam Lewis's PERFECT FAMILY, the story of a family whose old money and influence conceal a story of tragedy and shame, which comes to light after the youngest daughter's death by drowning, to Mary-Anne Harrington at Headline Review, in a nice deal, by Shana Kelly at William Morris (UK/Commonwealth, excl. Canada).mary-anne.harrington@headline.co.uk
FOREIGN:
Italian rights to Keigo Higashino's Japanese bestseller HIMITSU, a detective story involving a man whose wife dies in a bus accident while his young daughter, who survives,seems to be inhabited by her mother's personality), and THE LAKESIDE MURDER CASE, a psychological thriller in which the wife of a school teacher confesses a murder she did not commit, to Patricia Chendi of Baldini Calstoldi Dalai, in a nice deal, by Marinella Magrì of Il Caduceo, on behalf of Japan Foreign Rights Centre.
Russian rights to the 2005 Governor General Award winner for literary fiction David Gilmour's A PERFECT NIGHT TO GO TO CHINA, to Centrepolygraph, by Svetlana Pironko, on behalf of Samantha Haywood of the Transatlantic Literary Agency. Einaudi previously bought Italian rights in a pre-empt for publication in early 2006.
Foreign rights to Michael White's EQUINOX, to Scribe, at auction in Australia; to Bard, in a pre-empt, in Bulgaria; to Presses de la Cite, at auction, in France; to Droemer, at auction, in Germany; to Livani, in a pre-empt, in Greece; to Unieboek, at auction, in Holland; at Sonzongno, in a pre-empt, in Italy; to Jotema, in a pre-empt, in Lithuania; to Rebis, at auction, in Poland; to Roca, in a pre-empt, in Spain; to Bra Brocker, in a pre-empt, in Sweden, by Carole Blake and Oli Munson at Blake Friedmann Literary Agency.carole@blakefriedmann.co.uk oli@blakefriedmann.co.uk
NON-FICTION/ADVICE, RELATIONSHIPS:
Journalist David Valdes Greenwood's HOMO DOMESTICUS: Notes from a Same-Sex Marriage, a look at the arc of one gay couple's ten-year relationship, from the first date to the first proposal to the adoption of their baby girl, to Wendy Holt at Da Capo, for publication in fall 2006 (world).
HISTORY/POLITICS/CURRENT AFFAIRS:
Mental Floss: Forbidden Knowledge author D. Peter Haugen's UNSOLVED MYSTERIES OF ROYAL HISTORY, which will look at enduring topics such as: Was King Tut murdered? Was there a real King Arthur? Did Richard III murder the princes in the tower? Why did Edward VIII love Wallis Simpson? And why did Princess Diana die?, to Stephen Power at Wiley, in a nice deal (world).monorato@wiley.com
MEMOIR:
Lannan Foundation fellowship recipient Sharifa Rhodes-Pitts's HARLEM IS NOWHERE: A Journey to the Mecca of Black America, a personal view of her current neighborhood, which also draws from the literary chronicles of the past, to Pat Strachan at Little, Brown, in a two-book deal, by Jin Auh at The Wylie Agency.
Thomas Healy's I HAVE HEARD YOU CALLING IN THE NIGHT, an original account of how a dog really can be a man's best friend, to Tina Pohlman at Harcourt, in a very nice deal, by Angela Rose for Granta Books (US).arose@granta.com
FILM:
Ramón Lobo's ISLA ÁFRICA, a story of friendship between a war correspondent and a photographer, to Tornasol Films in Spain, to be shot in 2007, directed by Gerardo Herrero, by Anna Soler-Pont at the Pontas Literary & Film Agency.marina@pontas-agency.com
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