ADA

From "one of the most rigorous and serious--and anachronistic--novelists working today" (The Washington Post) comes a raucous new tale plumbing the depths of ego and ardor.

In a remote country in Europe, Gerard Desacroux IV, petty tyrant and French nationalist, wants nothing more than to be reunited with Ada, the object of his desire ever since their brief fling in Paris years before. Though Ada is on her way to visit, there are the unfortunate matters of civil unrest, assassination attempts, and Ada's affluent (and highly inconvenient) husband to contend with before bliss is attained. Despite it all, Desacroux IV is determined that nothing--neither war, nor ominous weather, nor the rising swell of indignant peasants--shall stand between him and Ada.

Told with Mark Haber's trademark exuberant absurdity, Ada is a comedy about the mania of power, unrequited love, and the solitude of authority.

Author: Mark Haber
Publisher: Coffee House Press
Published: 07/14/2026
Pages: 112
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.20lbs
Size: 7.50h x 5.00w x 0.70d
ISBN13: 9781566897594
ISBN10: 1566897599
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Literary
- Fiction | Absurdist
- Fiction | Satire

About the Author
Mark Haber was born in Washington, D.C. and grew up in Florida. His debut novel, Reinhardt's Garden (2019, Coffee House Press), was longlisted for the PEN/Hemingway Award. His second novel, Saint Sebastian's Abyss (2022, Coffee House Press), was named a best book of 2022 by the New York Public Library and Literary Hub. Mark's fiction has appeared in Guernica, Southwest Review, and Air/Light, among others. Mark lives in Minneapolis.