THE PRESIDENT AND THE FROG by Carolina De Robertis — Book Riot '24 Must-Read New Books of Spring And Summer 2021 '

Book Riot | May 20, 2021

I’ve assembled a list of the best new books of Spring and Summer 2021 for your delight. Here are the best and the buzziest, from new books in translation to powerful contemporaries to twisting thrillers and romances to some incredible fantasy and sci fi. Get your wallets ready and your library holds list on standby: here are 24 books you’ll want to be first in line to read this summer.

The President and the Frog by Carolina de Robertis (August 3)

The former president of an unnamed Latin American country has stories that are infused with legend. Before he was a man talking about his legacy and the state of democracy, he was known as the Poorest President in the World, and before that, he was a guerrilla imprisoned for helping to start revolution. But now, as he tells these often-retold stories to a journalist, he just might reveal the secret of how he survived the solitary confinement of his imprisonment — by having long, philosophical conversations with a frog. De Robertis, the author of Cantoras and The Gods of Tango, has crafted a tale of resilience, of the power of the human spirit to survive—a story set in a jail cell and rooted in the fantastic.

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