Following Links and then Knots, Crossbones will complete the Somali novelist's third trilogy. It will continue his reflection upon the state of civil war, piracy, family, brotherhood, healing and rebirth. More than anything, it offers the only illuminating perspective on what is Somalia today. It may not answer your questions but it is sure to ask all the right questions.
Marukami's three volume narrative with the title spin on George Orwell's 1984 has been a sensation since its Japanese debut in 2010. Finally, the translation hits the shelves this October. Running well over a thousand pages, don't miss this master's surreal and intriguing reflections on Japan's contemporary culture. 
Because it is time to understand Libya and it's most accomplished novelist in the English language, this novel is a much anticipated event. A coming of age story about a troubled family, it promises to be lyrical and poignant. Set in Egypt but depicting an interiorized Libyan universe, it will offer us insights into a region much-maligned by the West. 
Evoking Fanon in its title, Dabashi offers a critique of third world intellectuals settled in the West. According to Pluto Press who published this title, the book "provides a passionate account of how these immigrant intellectuals—rootless compradors, and guns for hire–continue to betray any notion of home or country in order to manufacture consent for imperial projects." For me, this hopes to be a well-deserved bashing of neo-con Bush suck-ups like Fouad Ajami and
Azar Nafisi.
Its never too late to blog about Dave Meltzer's significant contribution to American poetry. Not only is this an astounding 60th book in City Lights' Pocket Poets Series, it also offers previously unpublished poems and becomes a meditation on a life immersed in poetry by America's most prolific Beat.
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