A New York Times Book Review Most Anticipated Book of the Spring A Time Best Book of the Month A Literary Hub Most Anticipated Book of the Year A Must-Read: The Atlantic and The Week 'Nettie Jones's voice is astonishing. It leaps off the page like a panther . . . Unlike anything I've ever read.' --Joumana Khatib, The New York Times Book Review A mesmerizing spin through the high-rolling high times of 1970s New York and Detroit, Nettie Jones's Fish Tales is a lost classic taking its rightful place in the spotlight. Lewis Jones is a party girl for the ages. Confident and cavalier, she seeks freedom and a good time, leaving mayhem in her wake. Strutting between the bohemian demimonde of New York City and the affluent Black community of Detroit, she is supported in her adventures by her husband, Woody, and accompanied by her friend Kitty-Kat, a gay hustler with impeccable style and a knack for finding all the best spots. She guzzles champagne, snorts piles of cocaine, wakes up on silk
