Tag Archives: Literary
The Wig My Father Wore
by Anne Enright“A smart and piercingly sad examination of family, roots and separation. . . . Supplementing the irresistible tale . . . is Enright’s own…
Wild at Heart
by Barry Gifford“[An] intense gem of a book. . . . The techniques polished in Gifford’s earlier novels . . . culminate in the swift brilliance…
The Wild Boys
by William S. Burroughs“In Burroughs’ hands, writing reverts to acts of magic, as though he were making some enormous infernal encyclopedia of all the black impulses and…
The Wild Life of Sailor and Lula
by Barry Gifford“[The Wild Life of Sailor and Lula] is imbued with charm, its snapshot characters propelling the book in bursts of manic energy. [Gifford’s] characters…
Wildlife
by Richard Ford“Full of prose that makes the reader shiver, Wildlife is a rich and readable story, a genuine narrative. . . . It leaves a…
Winkie
by Clifford Chase“Winkie offers readers a sort of odd, outrageous delight. A verve and a nostalgia . . . that it is no crime to indulge.”…
Winterton Blue
by Trezza Azzopardi“Azzopardi has always created disturbing, painterly images of her characters’ surroundings and memories . . . In Winterton Blue, Azzopardi again deploys her signature…
Who’s Who in Hell
by Robert Chalmers“Thoroughly engaging, delightful and very funny. . . . [Who’s Who in Hell] is a coming-of-age story set in a post-Thatcherite world. . ….
Whore
by Nelly Arcan“A rhapsody of self-deprecation with notes of anger, defiance, and pragmatism mixed in . . . This is a provocative and mesmerizing story.” –Lisa…
Where We Have Hope
by Andrew Meldrum“Gripping . . . Meldrum provides names, faces and photographs of the players involved. . . . His firsthand experience of the horrors adds…
