What happens to the people who get pushed out? A David and Jonathan story that throws readers into the history and sins of the Connecticut metropolis, this ambitious, sprawling novel weaves together disparate narratives-a space-dweller looking at New Haven as a chance to reconnect with his spiraling lover a group of civil servants attempting to renew the promises of Earth’s crumbling cities a journalist attempting to capture the violence of the streets-into a richly urgent mosaic about race, class, gentrification, and who is allowed to be the hero of any history. Subscribe on Podcasts Spotify SoundCloud Eric Newman and Kate Wolf are joined by Tochi Onyebuchi to discuss his first science fiction novel for adults, Goliath.Told through a series of. Delany and Station Eleven Goliath explores the city of New Haven as a primal biblical epic flung into the future. Riveting, disturbing, and rendered in masterful detail."-Leigh Bardugo In his adult novel debut, Hugo, Nebula, Locus, and NAACP Image Award finalist and Alex and New England Book Award winner Tochi Onyebuchi brings us a sweeping sci-fi epic in the vein of Samuel R. Author Tochi Onyebuchi is the author of Goliath, a dystopian epic set in a future where the wealthy have fled Earth for space colonies, leaving those who cannot afford the journey to eke out. You can always find the latest episode at /podcast."Onyebuchi sets fire to the boundary between fiction and reality, and brings a crumbling city and an all too plausible future to vibrant life. 'In this ambitious novel, dense with perspectives and social commentary, Onyebuchi dreams up disparate lives in a crumbling future Americawith gentrifiers returning to Earth from space colonies and laborers trying to make a precarious livingwhile leaving room for moments of beauty and humor.
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