Sisters of the Desert Sun Reads "PYM"

Sisters of the Desert Sun, being ready for adventure, selected Mat Johnson's novel PYM for October. Inspired by Edgar Allan Poe's only novel, The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket, Mat Johnson delivers an amazing story employing his rapier wit and unexpected humor.  Knowing Poe's literary reputation, members hope Johnson includes a little creepiness to satisfy those of us gearing up for 'All Hallows Eve'.  For more information, e-mail us at sistersofthedesertsun@gmail.com, or check us out on Facebook, Goodreads, and Twitter. 

From the Publisher:

Recently canned professor of American literature Chris Jaynes has just made a startling discovery: the manuscript of a crude slave narrative that confirms the reality of Edgar Allan Poe’s strange and only novel, The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket. Determined to seek out Tsalal, the remote island of pure and utter blackness that Poe describes, Jaynes convenes an all-black crew of six to follow Pym’s trail to the South Pole, armed with little but the firsthand account from which Poe derived his seafaring tale, a bag of bones, and a stash of Little Debbie snack cakes. Thus begins an epic journey by an unlikely band of adventurers under the permafrost of Antarctica, beneath the surface of American history, and behind one of literature’s great mysteries.