Tag Archives: Literary

The Summer of the Bear

by Bella Pollen

“Affecting . . . Riveting . . . A thrilling tale that unravels mysteries of the human heart, The Summer of the Bear is…

Sunset Over Chocolate Mountains

by Susan Elderkin

“Elderkin has crafted a complex, heartbreaking tale, entwining the lives of quirky characters in an improbable but compelling narrative illustrating the agonizing potential of…

The Sweet Smell of Psychosis

by Will Self

“Brilliant, iconoclastic . . . one of Britain’s most original young writers.” –Time…

Swimming in the Volcano

by Bob Shacochis

“Swimming in the Volcano provides a feast; it is a book heady with language and thick with story . . . [leaving] the reader…

Story of My Life

by Jay McInerney

“[McInerney’s] talent for capturing the nuances and idiosyncrasies of our culture is even more powerfully evident in The Story of My Life . ….

Straight White Male

by John Niven

A “high-octane novel of excess” featuring “the most lovable rogue since John Self in Money” (Ian Rankin), Straight White Male is a hilarious new…

Stripper Lessons

by John O'Brien

“O’Brien handles [his] story with a masterly and subtle art, as her turns the unlikely into the possible without gush or affectation: Like Carroll…

The Subterraneans

by Jack Kerouac

“Each book by Kerouac is unique, a telepathic discord. Such rich, natural writing is nonpareil in the later twentieth century.” —Allen Ginsberg

Suicide Blonde

by Darcey Steinke

“Hallucinatory, dystopian . . . a disturbing, poisonous fable of the dire consequences of derailed passion.” –The New York Times

A Stolen Tongue

by Sheri Holman

“Holman seduces you into a world of priests, rogues, saints, a world bright with horizon, wonder, piety. Her prose, tart, racy, and somber, will…