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Arjun Basu

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in Montreal, Canada

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My first book, Squishy, was published in 2008 and my first novel, Waiting for the Man, was published in 2014. My next novel, The Reeds, is out in fall 2024. I'm on Twitter, Mastodon and BlueSky as @arjunbasu. My website is www.arjunbasu.com. ...more

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	Montreal Noir by Jacques Filippi (Goodreads Author) (Editor), John McFetridge (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Rob Pobi 3.65 avg rating — 190 ratings — published 2017 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Waiting for the Man 3.16 avg rating — 128 ratings — published 2014 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Reeds 3.51 avg rating — 43 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Squishy: Short Stories 4.17 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 2008 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Reeds: A Novel 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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The Reeds Now Available for Preorder

My upcoming novel, The Reeds, (ECW Press) is now available for preorder. Please do so! The book itself will be published Oct 15. I'm quite proud of it, or as proud as a writer can be with a book, which isn't something to measure if we're being honest. But there you go. The novel is available everywhere.

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