Tag Archives: Literary

Show Me the Sky

by Nick Hogg

“[A] subtle and clever novel . . . each voice is different and distinct. . . . The whole is plotted so artfully that…

The Shrine at Altamira

by John L'Heureux

‘mesmerizing . . . a powerful and affecting story about love’s most anguished and disturbing permutations.” –Timothy Hunter, Cleveland Plain Dealer

Shards

by Ismet Prcic

“Impressive . . . Inventive . . . Pushes against convention, logic, chronology . . . Ambitious and deep . . . [Prcic] succeeds…

Shark

by Will Self

Following the Booker-shortlisted Umbrella, Shark is a mind-bending novel of the intersection of pathology and war, set in the 1970s but pivoting around the…

She May Not Leave

by Fay Weldon

“One of England’s most superb novelists, could best be described as a 21st-century Thackery. . . . Weldon’s sharp wit and incisive skewering of…

Sexus

by Henry Miller

“At times uproariously funny . . . may be Miller’s masterpiece.” —Choice

The Shadow Catcher

by Andrzej Szczypiorski

The story of a boy who comes of age as the world around him begins to fall apart, The Shadow Catcher is a richly…

Shadow-Box

by Antonia Logue

“That three such wildly contrasting characters can coexist in the same novel is indicative of the era’s (and the author’s) bracing audacity. . ….

Shakespeare’s Lost Kingdom

by Charles Beauclerk

“This is a book for anyone who loves Shakespeare. . . . Three cheers for Mr. Beauclerk’s daring to explore one of the most…