Narcisa

Narcisa: Our Lady of Ashes is Jonathan Shaw's first leap into the world of shock literature. Based on a true story and set in the hot urban sprawl of Rio de Janeiro, Shaw's tale follows the twisted love affair between a middle-aged gypsy and the beautifully manipulative and insane young prostitute, Narcisa, with hilarious, poignant and often tragic detail. We designed the book cover and interior for the novel. We commissioned Jamaica based photographer Peter Dean Rickards to shoot the cover photo, evoking the provocative rawness and beauty of the book's antagonist.