
Jamel Brinkley, with incisive and nuanced prose, explores the charged, complex ties between men whose mistakes threaten their relationships with friends, lovers, and family members. Serpent’s Tail (UK) Kein & Aber (Germany) Elsinore (Portugal) Albin Michel (France) Chai Editora (Argentina) ********** In nine powerful stories set in Brooklyn and the South Bronx, A Lucky Man announces the arrival of a significant new voice in fiction. Bingham Prize for Debut Fiction Finalist for the 2019 Hurston/Wright Legacy Award in Fiction Longlisted for the 2019 Aspen Words Literary Prize Best Debut Fiction of 2018 and Best Short Fiction of 2018 (Kirkus Reviews) The #1 Indie Next Pick for May 2018ĪVAILABLE NOW: Graywolf Press IndieBound Bookshop Powell's Barnes & Noble

GAINES AWARD FOR LITERARY EXCELLENCEįinalist for the 2018 Story Prize Finalist for the 2018 John Leonard Prize for Best First Fiction Finalist for the 2019 PEN/Robert W.

FINALIST FOR THE 2018 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD IN FICTION and WINNER OF THE 2018 ERNEST J.
