Naming the Bones
Knee-deep in the mud of an ancient burial ground, a winter storm raging around him, and at […]
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Bring Up the Bodies
The sequel to the Man Booker-winning Wolf Hall. ‘My boy Thomas, give him a dirty look and […]
As Consciousness is Harnessed to Flesh
Part two of Susan Sontag’s journals This, the second of three volumes of Susan Sontag’s journals and […]
The Red House
After his mother’s death, Richard, a newly remarried hospital consultant, decides to build bridges with his estranged […]
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America’s most celebrated novelist, Nobel Prize-winner Toni Morrison extends her profound take on our history with this […]
In One Person
A compelling novel of desire, secrecy, and sexual identity, In One Person is a story of unfulfilled […]
Desperate Characters
“A towering landmark of postwar Realism. . . . A sustained work of prose so lucid and […]
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The Motel Life
This book tells the touching story of Frank and Jerry Lee, two lower class Americans who live […]
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American Gods
“I wanted to write a book that was big, odd and meandering and I did. My editor […]
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The Glass Castle
Although at times hard to believe, this is the story of Jeannette Walls’s childhood. Together with her […]
Farther Away
In Farther Away, which gathers together essays and speeches written mostly in the past five years, Franzen returns with […]
Higher Gossip
‘Gossip of a higher sort’ was how the incomparable John Updike described the art of the review. […]
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Indecision
This very original story accompanies a man in his late twenties trying to overcome his problem of […]
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The Flying Troutmans
Having spent her childhood trying to save her depressive sister Min, Hattie Troutman moved to Paris for […]
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The God of Nightmares
What fascinates me about Paula Fox ist the way she introduces people to me and how she […]