Wolfe announced in early 2008 that he was leaving his longtime publisher, Farrar, Straus and Giroux. His fourth novel, "Back to Blood", was published in October 2012 by Little, Brown and Company. According to "The New York Times", Wolfe was paid close to US$7 million for the book. According to the publisher, "Back to Blood" is about "class, family, wealth, race, crime, sex, corruption and ambition in Miami, the city where America's future has arrived first." The book was released to mixed reviews. "Back to Blood" was an even bigger commercial failure than "I Am Charlotte Simmons".