It's even got a cover:

We delivered the final manuscript to the press today.   We've also received from the press some of the endorsements for the volume from some of those who acted as referees for the press:

“A tour de force. Not only the best available introduction to Marx’s thought and to post-Marx Marxist theories, but also of interest to specialists. The organization is excellent, and the writing is always clear and jargon-free. It covers all the main topics that a book on Marx should address. It is remarkably fair and balanced, sympathetic to Marx’s ideas, but also appropriately critical of them.” – Allen Buchanan, Duke University/University of Arizona, USA

“A philosophical introduction to Marx which manages to be genuinely accessible without avoiding controversy or consigning its subject to history. Edwards and Leiter bring Marx into a productive conversation with current work in the social sciences in order to develop and defend distinctive accounts of his views on history, ideology, and capitalism. A very welcome addition to the literature.” – David Leopold, University of Oxford, UK

As many readers will know, I am editor of The Routledge Philosophers series, in which the volume will appear.  Both our proposal for the volume, and the final manuscript, were refereed by scholars chosen by Routledge; we do not know who refereed the proposal, although three of the four referees of the final manuscript did identify themselves to us afterwareds.   All the referees helped us a lot, and we're grateful for the time they invested in the proposal and the manuscript.

When I first started editing the Routledge Philosophers series almost a quarter-century ago, I approached a number of the "usual suspects" about doing the Marx volume (including the late Jerry Cohen), although none were interested.  One Marx scholar was interested, but submitted a proposal that really represented the book on Marx he wanted to write, not a book for this series.  So I gave up, as it were, and concetrated on other volumes, of which there are more than 25 now.   

I have taught Marx off-and-on at the graduate level for many years, but I did not feel confident in my ability to adequately cover all the necessary topics for such a volume.   When Jaime Edwards decided to write his dissertation with me on Marx's theory of ideology, exploring the micro-foundations in cognitive science for Marx's claims, I asked him if he would do the volume with me, and thus the project was born.   Jaime brought to it a deep knowledge of Marx's whole corpus as well as much more of the secondary literature.  I certainly could not have written the volume without him.