The Masquerades of Spring
by Ben Aaronovitch
Cover map image by Stephen Walter. Interior art by Giles Meakin About the Book: With this long new novella, bestselling author Ben Aaronovitch has crafted yet another wickedly funny and surprisingly affecting chapter in his beloved Rivers of London series. The Subterranean Press edition of The Masquerades of Spring includes a wraparound dust jacket, illustrated endsheets, and six original black-and-white interior illustrations. About the Book: Meet Augustus Berrycloth-Young—fop, flaneur, and Englishman abroad—as he chronicles the Jazz Age from his perch atop the city that never sleeps. That is, until his old friend Thomas Nightingale arrives, pursuing a rather mysterious affair concerning an old saxophone—which will take Gussie from his warm bed, to the cold shores of Long Island, and down to the jazz clubs where music, magic, and madness haunt the shadows... Lettered: 26 signed leatherbound copies, housed in a custom traycase Limited: 1500 signed numbered hardcover copies From Publishers Weekly: “Aaronovitch goes full P. G. Wodehouse in his sixth Rivers of London fantasy (after Winter’s Gifts), cleverly integrating comedic elements into a supernatural plot… It’s an absolute joy. ”
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Cover map image by Stephen Walter. Interior art by Giles Meakin About the Book: With this long new novella, bestselling author Ben Aaronovitch has crafted yet another wickedly funny and surprisingly affecting chapter in his beloved Rivers of London series. The Subterranean Press edition of The Masquerades of Spring includes a wraparound dust jacket, illustrated endsheets, and six original black-and-white interior illustrations. About the Book: Meet Augustus Berrycloth-Young—fop, flaneur, and Englishman abroad—as he chronicles the Jazz Age from his perch atop the city that never sleeps. That is, until his old friend Thomas Nightingale arrives, pursuing a rather mysterious affair concerning an old saxophone—which will take Gussie from his warm bed, to the cold shores of Long Island, and down to the jazz clubs where music, magic, and madness haunt the shadows... Lettered: 26 signed leatherbound copies, housed in a custom traycase Limited: 1500 signed numbered hardcover copies From Publishers Weekly: “Aaronovitch goes full P. G. Wodehouse in his sixth Rivers of London fantasy (after Winter’s Gifts), cleverly integrating comedic elements into a supernatural plot… It’s an absolute joy. ”