Tag Archives: Literary

Wish You Were Here

by Stewart O'Nan

“[O’Nan’s] finest and deepest novel to date . . . The action rises and ebbs with the rhythms of daily life—meals, swimming, after-dinner videos,…

The Witch of Hebron

by James Howard Kunstler

The best-selling author of The Long Emergency returns with a gripping sequel to his novel World Made by Hand, which Alan Cheuse of National…

Witches on the Road Tonight

by Sheri Holman

“Holman is a master of the miniature. She uses tiny, achingly accurate details to bring each moment to life on the page; her sentences…

With Your Crooked Heart

by Helen Dunmore

“A briskly paced page-turner . . . Dunmore’s rich writing–by turns muscular and poetic–makes With Your Crooked Heart impossible to put down.” –The Washington…

A Woman Run Mad

by John L'Heureux

“Breathtaking . . . one of the most intense reading experiences I’ve had in recent memory . . . Impossible to put down.” –The…

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…