Matthew Gavin Frank is the author of The Mad Feast, Preparing the Ghost, Pot Farm and Barolo. His work appears widely in journals and magazines, including The Kenyon Review, The Paris Review, Guernica, The New Republic, Iowa Review, Salon, Conjunctions and The Normal School. He teaches creative writing and lives in Marquette, Michigan.
Ghost towns, corporate cruelty, the centuries-old relationship
between humans and a species almost magical in its abilities ...
fabulous.
*The New York Times*
An eye-opening account and one that's likely to make you reassess
the role of diamonds in society today.
*Geographical Magazine*
Unforgettable. ... An outstanding adventure in its lyrical, utterly
compelling, and heartbreaking investigations of the world of
diamond smuggling.
*Aimee Nezhukumatathil, author of Oceanic and World of Wonders*
A fascinating read...a perfect combination of memoir and
investigative reporting...a page-turning tale of suspense....
Frank's reporting on mineworkers, their pigeons, the towns,
communities, and the people that have struggled in the wake of mine
closures makes for compelling reading.
*The South African*
A beautifully written book on diamond smuggling, the universe, life
and much of what lies in between.
*Toby Muse, author of Kilo: Life and Death Inside the Secret World
of the Cocaine Cartels*
A lyrical portrait of a resilient species caught in the grinding
gears of a cruel industry of extraction and exploitation.
*Kirk Wallace Johnson, author of The Feather Thief*
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