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The 1001 Book Project

The publication of Jon Papernick's startling novel Who by Fire, Who by Blood signals the launch of our 1001 Book Project. Our goal is simple: sell 1001 copies (one more than the initial print run) of this thrilling tale of terrorism and religious fanaticism before the novel is published on September 30.

Back Pages has joined with Exile Editions, the fiercly independent Canadian publisher of this debut novel, to become the sole American retailer of Who by Fire, Who by Blood. With your support for this book, we hope to affect change in the corporate-dominated publishing world where profit margins have virtually eliminated editors' ability to take risks on new voices in the literary world.

Papernick's first book, The Ascent of Eli Israel received accolades from The New York Times, The Forward, The Washington Post, and Publishers Weekly. His writing has been called "energetic", "intense", and "impressive". With your help, we will sell 1001 copies of this astonishing novel by publication.

-Alex Green
Owner, Back Pages Books

Jon Papernick's portrayal of the upper-middle-class Matthew Stone, and his entanglement with an ultra orthodox Zionist terrorist cell in Brooklyn, is a suspense filled page-turner.

Matthew, the alienated grandson of a Jewish trigger man for Murder Incorporated, discovers that his father--a dishonored New York judge--has not only been a supporter of the extreme right wing in Israel, but he has kept a secret bank account to support pro-Israeli terrorist activities. And it is how to access the mysterious truth inherent in the bank account that constitutes the core of this fast-driving, hair-raising novel.

Praise for Who by Fire, Who by Blood
"Jon Papernick's Who by Fire, Who by Blood will draw you in with its increasingly horrifying plot. But what will haunt you forever is how Papernick brings you right up to the border between justice and terror, and then makes that border disappear. Open this book carefully. You will close it changed."
--Dara Horn, author of The World to Come.  Named by Granta Magazine as one of the best young American novelists.