“Full of sinewy desire, deception, shootouts and chases, and characters you might meet in a DeLillo novel. Atmospheric, with an eye for people, it reads like no other crime novel.”—Electric Lit
“If you wish Succession was a little more Gen Z.”—Harper’s Bazaar
“The kind of literary thriller that gets dirt under its nails—moody, combustible and charged with the sense that everyone is hiding something dangerous. An instant add to any summer to-be-read list.”—The Seattle Times
“As the ex-lovers of a missing weed farmer grapple for control of her land and harvest, they contend with the force of her presence and the complexities of their own pasts against the sensuous Northern California wilderness. Deliciously written and compulsively readable, Sourland captures the dying days of a band of outlaws ensnared in a web of pleasure, labor, and loss.”—Carmen Maria Machado, author of In the Dream House and Her Body and Other Parties
“I am in love with this story, the way one hillside can be a world unto itself, imperiled and lasting. . . . From the smallest noticing in exquisite detail to the carnal twist of plot and fortune, what a shockingly delightful book.”—Jackie Polzin, author of Brood
“Sourland is an absorbing, sensuous novel about sex and ambition, and what happens when a marijuana farmer disappears and two of her former lovers vie for control of the crop. Dixon’s characters love and fight with primal urgency, even as they save the best of themselves for their beloved plants. In prose that is as lush as the dankest harvest, Sourland is a bittersweet symphony of sweat, smoke, and dirt.”—Elizabeth Gonzalez James, author of The Bullet Swallower
“A mind-blowing, page-turning, utterly original literary thriller, Sourland is a novel of passion, shifting allegiances, and dangerous power struggles set on an illegal weed farm. Ariel Delgado Dixon packs this gritty underworld with sex, brutal violence, and virtuosic sentences. I stayed up way too late to find out who makes it out of Sourland alive. . . . A high-octane masterpiece.”—Mary Pauline Lowry, author of The Roxy Letters
“Atmospheric . . . Expertly paced and with equal amounts of suspense and melodrama, Dixon’s story captures the pulse of criminal life and the thrum of desire. This sizzles.”—Publishers Weekly
“[A] gritty neo-Western, complete with double crosses, shootouts, rattletrap pickup trucks, a herd of cattle, and a dog named Pistol . . . Dixon’s wealth of knowledge about both legal and illegal farming practices and her feel for the texture of rural queer living infuse this sweaty, smoky thriller with vibrant realism . . . Skunky, in the best possible way.”—Kirkus Reviews
“A lush tale of revenge, crime, love, and weed . . . Well told from all three main characters’ points of view, with turns of suspense, humor, and sensuality, this is engrossing.”—Booklist
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