Sterling Karat Gold: A Novel
Isabel WaidnerSterling Beckenbauer is plunged into a terrifying & nonsensical world one morning when they are attacked, then unfairly arrested, in their neighborhood in London. With the help of their friends, Sterling hosts a trial of their own in order to exonerate themselves & to hold the powers that be to account.
Sterling Karat Gold, in the words of Kamila Shamsie, is “a madly brilliant & deeply sane novel that reveals surrealism as possibly the most effective way of talking about the political moment we find ourselves in.” In it, Isabel Waidner concocts a world replete with bullfighters, high fashion, DIY theater, the Beach Boys, & time-traveling spaceships.
The acclaimed winner of the 2021 Goldsmiths Prize for fiction that breaks the mold & extends the possibilities of the form, this novel explores the phantasmagoric nature of contemporary life, especially for nonbinary migrants, & daringly revises how solidarity & justice might be sought & won. Sterling Karat Gold couldn’t be a better North American introduction to a writer with an irresistible style & unforgettable vision.