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Still reeling from the scandal that cost him his badge, Randy Mayhill—fallen lawman, dog rescuer, Dr Pepper enthusiast—sees a return from community exile in the form of a dead hog trapper perched on a fence. The fence belongs to the late Van Woods, Mayhill’s best friend and the reason for his spectacular fall. Determined to protect Van’s land and family from another scandal, Mayhill ignores the sherriff who replaced him and investigates the death of the unidentified man. His quest crosses with two others: Birdie, Van’s surly, mourning daughter, who has no intention of sitting idly by and leaving her father’s legacy in Mayhill’s hands; and Bradley, Birdie’s slow, malnourished but loyal friend, whose desperation to escape a life of poverty has him working with local criminals, and possibly a murderer.
A riveting debut novel about family and loyalty, old grudges and new lives, Ain’t Nobody Nobody is like a cross between Faulkner and Breaking Bad, from a talented new writer with an authentic Texas voice.
Sung J. Woo’s short stories and essays have appeared in The New York Times, PEN/Guernica, Financial Times, and Vox. He has written five novels, Lines, Deep Roots, Skin Deep, Love Love, and Everything Asian, which won the 2010 Asian Pacific American Librarians Association Literature Award. In 2022, his Modern Love essay from The New York Times was adapted by Amazon Studios for episodic television.
“Funny and deliciously entertaining, featuring a witty, smart Korean-American-adoptee private investigator, a mysterious billionaire family whose son may have been replaced by an impostor, and an uber-swanky AI-fueled mansion in a private island. I couldn’t turn the pages fast enough.”
– Angie Kim, Edgar-winning and internationally bestselling author of Miracle Creek and Happiness Falls
“Hired by an AI genius patriarch, Siobhan O’Brien finds herself on a private island investigating the reclusive Ahn clan. Woo’s absorbing tale, told with trademark wit and incisive modern commentary, unravels a family’s twisted, layered secrets.”
– Jennifer J. Chow, Lefty Award-Nominated & SoCal Indie Bestselling Author of Death by Bubble Tea