Welcome to this week’s Free Book Friday, wherein we give you the best titles in indie publishing for the low low price of nothing. Congrats to last week’s winner Ardith for snagging a copy of Osama Van Halen by Michael Muhammad Knight.
This week, we are giving away a copy of Love in Infant Monkeys by Lydia Millet. Lions, rabbits, monkeys, pheasants—all have shared the spotlight and tabloid headlines with famous men and women. Sharon Stone’s husband’s run-in with a Komodo dragon, Thomas Edison’s filming of an elephant’s electrocution and David Hasselhoff’s dogwalker all find a home in Love in Infant Monkeys. At the rare intersections of wilderness and celebrity, Lydia Millet hilariously tweaks these unholy communions to run a stake through the heart of our fascination with pop icons and the culture of human self-worship. You can read Millet’s short story “The Lady and the Dragon” on the Soft Skull Press website.
This week’s Free Book Friday is sponsored by Soft Skull Press. Counterpoint is comprised of two imprints, Counterpoint and Soft Skull Press, and in 2008, Counterpoint began publishing books in association with Sierra Club Books. Counterpoint publishes fiction, literature, and poetry in addition to nonfiction, including history, memoir, biography, and nature. Soft Skull publishes contemporary fiction, as well as graphic novels, and nonfiction, including current affairs, counterculture, and politics. Sierra Club Books publishes environmental books.
To enter the giveaway, all you have to do is comment in the space below. Make sure to tell us your email address so we can contact you if you win! We also recommend doing the following:
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Winner will be chosen randomly at 12pm on Friday, December 11 and notified via email. The winner must respond to our email within 48 hours, or a new winner will be randomly selected.
Good luck!
Edit: Giveaway now closed. Congrats to winner MIKE W. Try your luck again with this week’s free book Pasha Malla’s The Withdrawal Method.
