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The Gimmicks is a gorgeous epic that astounds with its scope and beauty. -- Brit Bennett, New York Times bestselling author

Shows the continued influence of the Armenian genocide of 1915 far into the twentieth century. The author dramatizes how it affects three teenage characters growing up in a village in Soviet Armenia in the 1970s...The novel covers much ground, geographically and historically, but...there are enough secrets, lies, and betrayals to keep the reader turning the pages. -- Publishers Weekly The Gimmicks knocked me back and then knocked me over. A fascinating and bold debut novel that more than answers the promise of his terrific first collection of stories, Desert Boys. A wide-ranging, globe-spanning, and yet beautifully intimate book. -- Peter Orner, author of Maggie Brown & Others The Gimmicks is a gorgeous epic that astounds with its scope and beauty. -- Brit Bennett, New York Times bestselling author

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Chris McCormick is the author of a collection of stories, Desert Boys, winner of the 2017 Stonewall Book Award. Born in 1987 and raised on the California side of the Mojave Desert, he is a graduate of the University of Michigan MFA program and now lives and teaches in Minnesota. Will M. Watt was determined not to be one of those penniless artists that his parents warned him about, so decided not to pursue his dream of becoming an actor. Fate had other ideas, however, and that dream ruthlessly pursued him instead. A decade later, and Will now makes a living recording audiobooks, commercials, and video games, but admits that he'll never be much good at writing about himself in the third person. Will's accidental stumble into the world of voice acting has led him from a humble bedroom studio in Oxford, England, to the bright lights of New York City where he now lives with his two four legged roommates, Sara and Rachel. Mary Jane Wells (a.k.a. McAllister Lee) is a British actress, writer, voice-over artist, and Earphones Award and Audie Award-winning narrator. A graduate of the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, she held a recurring role on the BBC's Half Moon Investigates and narrated the BBC Three television show My Children, which won a Scottish BAFTA.

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