Sensorily rich and narratively captivating, the stories in Detonator are utterly addictive. Author Peter Mountford invites readers with a balance of humor, sensuality, and compassion while spanning continents, offering intimate portraits of flawed characters caught in the crosshairs of personal and political upheavals.

 

Mountford is the author of the novels A Young Man’s Guide to Late Capitalism (winner of the Washington State Book Award in Fiction), and The Dismal Science (a New York Times editor’s choice). His work has appeared in the Paris Review, Southern Review, the New York Times magazine, the Atlantic, the Sun, Ploughshares, and Guernica. He teaches creative writing at University of Nevada, Reno, at Tahoe’s low-residency MFA program, and through MountfordWriting.com, and currently lives in Seattle, Washington.

 

Karin Tanabe is the author of seven novels. A former Politico reporter, she is a frequent contributor to the Washington Post Book World. Her writing has also appeared in the Miami Herald, Chicago Tribune, and Newsday. She has been featured as an entertainment, style, and politics expert on "Entertainment Tonight," CNN, and "CBS Early Show." Karin is a graduate of Vassar College and lives in Washington, DC.

 

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