Rag and Bone

By Joe Clifford

• The author is a former homeless heroin addict and uses his harrowing past as junkie to paint an accurate portrait of addiction
• The novel draws from the real-life crimes of Paul Manafort and his corrupt family
• The first book in the Jay Porter series, Lamentation, was a 2015 Anthony Award nominee for Best Novel
• The author’s prior novel in the Jay Porter series, Give Up the Dead, was a 2017 Anthony Award nominee for Best Novel in a Series
• Foreword Book of the Year Award, 2017, Honorable Mention (Give Up the Dead)
• Author is a four-times Anthony Award nominee: Lamentation, his first novel in the Jay Porter series; Give Up the Dead, the third in the series; and his anthologies (editor) Trouble in the Heartland and Just to Watch Them Die.
• Joe Clifford won the Acker Award for Fiction in 2013
• Major themes in all Jay Porter novels are; addiction and recovery, the price of vengeance at all costs; and dissatisfaction with American politics
• Author has a steadfast nationwide following and his works are readily received by niche bloggers/online reviewers
• Author is the host of a weekly mobile panel about writing and pop culture titled Notes from Underground
• Author hosts numerous connections with local bookstores and regularly speaks at Lip Service West

• Language: English
• Publisher: Oceanview Publishing
• Release date: Jun 4, 2019
• ISBN: 9781608093274

Joe Clifford

Joe Clifford is the author of the bestselling, Anthony Award-nominated Jay Porter series, as well as the acclaimed addiction memoir Junkie Love. He lives with his wife and two sons in the Bay Area. For more information, visit www.joeclifford.com, or follow him at @joeclifford23.