Fights!

Fights! is a novel set in the mountains of West Virginia and the indie literary scene in New York, uniting the two great love stories of Scott McClanahan’s life: his wife, the writer Juliet Escoria, and Tyrant Books publisher, Giancarlo DiTrapano. In his first novel in eight years, McClanahan interrogates the meaning of art, devotion, and destruction.

“Listen now. The song is starting over. And we’re driving to a party in the East Village with the radio on. And for a single moment we’re not worried about what happens to all of us in the end. Because for right now we’re all driving through the beautiful city, and we have rock ’n’ roll in our hearts. So turn it up Gian, and let us ride.” —Fights!