CROW BOOKS | 2026
The Geography of Desire:
Words from a Dark Heart
by Michael G. Katakis
Paperback with French flaps
Autumn 2026
Language: English
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Ordering information to come
PRAISE FOR MICHAEL KATAKIS’ WORKS
“A Body in London is a great old fashioned thriller that’s impossible to put down.” Michael Palin
“Road Songs is a new American classic and a literary Jewel.” Sabrina Gabriele
“Dangerous Men is mesmerizing. These are wonderful, devastating stories, filled with dread and death, yet suffused with decency and love. I loved it.” Ken Burns
“. . . Michael travels as an American who, while never forgetting who he is and where he comes from, has the heart, intellect, and courage to explore and challenge the place of his country in the world. Reading his book is like going on a journey with a friend. . . . By the end, one is enriched, entertained, and gains renewed hope in the humanity we share with all other human beings, wherever they might be on our beautiful planet.” Raja Shehadeh
“His is a voice full of common sense and simple humanity that seem to have been lost in contemporary America.” Henry Marsh
“The prevailing characteristic of Michael Katakis’ travel writing is its humanity.” Susan Griffith
“Some of our finest nature writers . . . They reveal a marvelous variety of motivations for stewardship as an approach to living in nature.” Los Angeles Times Book Review
In this collection of poetry and short stories, we see human hearts struggling between darkness and light and the unrealized desires that wait in the shadows. In those shadows, we find the dark heart's contradictions and sorrows that take us to destinations that we had neither sought nor were prepared for.
Michael G. Katakis is the author of a number of books, including Ernest Hemingway: Artifacts from a Life, Despatches (special limited edition), The Vietnam Veteran’s Memorial, A Thousand Shards of Glass: There Is Another America, Traveller: Observations From an American in Exile and Photographs and Words (with Kris L. Hardin). His work has been translated into multiple languages and his writing and photography have been collected by a wide range of institutions, including The National Portrait Gallery in Washington, DC; the Victoria and Albert Museum and the British Library in London; and Stanford University’s Special Collections Department. In 1999, Michael was elected Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society. He lives in England and France.