Email Novel Suspects Logo
Hachette provides comprehensive global distribution services in the following territories:
United States flag Switch to United States region United Kingdom flag Switch to United Kingdom region Australia flag Switch to Australia region India flag Switch to India region

Hachette Book Group menu

  • Home
  • Publishers
  • Customers
  • Sustainability
  • Retailer Portal
  • Location
  • Our Culture
  • Our Careers
Go to Hachette Book Group home

Hachette Book Group menu

  • Home
  • Publishers
  • Customers
  • Sustainability
  • Retailer Portal
  • Location
  • Our Culture
  • Our Careers

By clicking “Accept,” you agree to the use of cookies and similar technologies on your device as set forth in our Cookie Policy and our Privacy Policy. Please note that certain cookies are essential for this website to function properly and do not require user consent to be deployed.

The Amalgamation Polka

The Amalgamation Polka Open the full-size image

Loading

Contributors

By Stephen Wright

Formats and Prices

On Sale
Jan 7, 2020
Page Count
400 pages
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
ISBN-13
9780316427333

Price

$11.99

Price

$15.99 CAD

Format

  1. Trade Paperback

Format:

  1. ebook $11.99 $15.99 CAD
  2. Trade Paperback $16.99 $22.99 CAD

Buy from Other Retailers:

  • Amazon
  • Apple Books
  • Barnes & Noble
  • Google Play
  • Ebooks.com
  • Kobo

A Civil War novel unlike any other: the story of a young man’s journey through a nation blasted apart.

Born in 1844, Liberty Fish is the descendant of both Carolina slaveholders and New York abolitionists. In hopes of reconciling the warring strands of his heritage, he escapes his home in the North — first into the cauldron of the Civil War, and then into the even more disturbing bedlam that follows.

The Amalgamation Polka showcases not only the brutality of this tragic passage in American history, but also its surprising compassion and hope. In language both true to its time and completely modern, it is revelatory and mesmerizing, a novel that “will bring a smile to your own lips as it sets your brain on fire.” (Jason McBride, the Village Voice).

Genre:

  • Fiction
  • Fiction
  • Literary

You May Also Like

Mothers and Sons
Mothers and Sons $18.99 $24.99 CAD
Rabbit Moon
Rabbit Moon $19.99 $25.99 CAD
Ruins
Ruins $29.00 $39.00 CAD
Red Dog Farm
Red Dog Farm $19.99 $25.99 CAD
200 Monas
200 Monas $29.00 $39.00 CAD

Stephen Wright

About the Author

Stephen Wright is a Vietnam veteran, MFA graduate of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, and the author of five previous novels. He has received a Whiting Award in Fiction, a Guggenheim Fellowship, and a Lannan Literary Fellowship, and has taught writing and literature at Iowa, Goucher College, Princeton, Brown, and The New School. He was born in Warren, Pennsylvania, and lives in New York City. 

Learn more about this author

▲
HBG Distribution logo
  • FAQ
  • Vendors
  • Cookie Policy
  • Report Piracy
  • Fraud Alert
  • CPSIA
  • GPSR
© 2026 Hachette Book Group | Terms of Use | Privacy Policy | Contact Us | Do Not Sell My Personal Information