Peanut: A Novel // (Pre-Order, April 20 2027)

From the author of the instant cult classicCatherine House, a story of one womans search to find her place in a looming uncanny future.

Crystal Washingtonawkward, underpaid, chronically ignored Crystalhas never fit in at Acme, the glossy tech startup where she works as an administrative assistant. Until the day she meets Juliet. Juliet, a magnetic scientist in Acmes mysterious Social Machines department, is looking for a roommate. And she sees something in Crystal that no one else ever has: a friend.

As Crystal and Juliet develop a haunted, obsessive intimacy, Crystal realizes she would do anything for Juliet, anything to keep her close. Nothing could possibly get between the two of themuntil Juliet is chosen to beta-test Acmes newest top-secret project, a plush robot companion toy. Juliet is instantly enamored. But Crystal senses something sinister about the adorable creature. Is Crystal going crazy? Or is there a menacing gleam in those plastic eyes?

Grounded in a character determined to find some truth in an increasingly artificial world,Peanutis a reckoning with what it means to be human.

ELISABETH THOMAS is the author ofCatherine House,a Lambda- and Edgar-award finalist and Fantastic Strangelings Book Club pick. A Yale graduate, she works as an archivist for a major art museum and lives in Brooklyn.

• Publisher: Pantheon
• Publish Date: April 20, 2027
• Pages: 320
• Language: English
• Type: Hardcover
• EAN/UPC: 9798217207589
• Dimensions: 9.3 X 6.1 X 0.8 inches | 1.1 pounds
• BISAC Categories: Popular Fiction