The Familiar, Volume 3: Honeysuckle & Pain [Paperback]

The Familiar Volume 1 Wherein the cat is found . . . 
The Familiar Volume 2Wherein the cat is hungry . . .
The Familiar Volume 3 Wherein the cat is blind . . .

Released for the summer from the perils of school, Xanther and her nameless cat are settling into a comfortable routine at home. However, the rest of the Ibrahim family is growing more and more unsettled. Astair fears their stretched finances are already at a breaking point. Not even a visit from an old friend can mitigate Anwar’s feeling that he’s failing to support those he loves and that even worse things are to come. The twins, Freya and Shasti, sense something too and blame their older sister. Honeysuckles haunt the air and smell of offerings . . . Meanwhile, Cas and Bobby’s survival may depend on facing the one person they fear most. And on the other side of the world, Jingjing and Tian Li set out to find what was lost: their missing cat. With spectacular visuals and the vibrant wordplay that are his trademark,The Familiar (Volume 3)is a beautiful and singular reading experience that could come only from the imagination of Mark Z. Danielewski.


THE FAMILIAR continues

The Familiar Volume 4Wherein the cat is toothless . . . 
The Familiar Volume 5Wherein the cat is named . . .Praise for Mark Z. Danielewski’s The Familiar
 
“The series at times recalls Ulysses, Infinite Jest, and Cloud Atlas in its complexity, structure, and echoing parallel narratives. . . . The literary world is stronger for having boundary pushers like Danielewski.” —Ryan Vlastelica, The A.V. Club
 
“So perfectly relatable, sl“!