Tag Archives: Literary

Heavenly Date and Other Flirtations

by Alexander McCall Smith

‘smith’s stories nimbly examine the mysteries of dating in this captivating collection . . . with their light humor and touching moments.” –Publishers Weekly

Hell

by Robert Olen Butler

The Pulitzer Prize winner delivers a deliciously witty new novel of good, evil, and free will, set in a Hell populated by figures from…

Havel: A Life

by Michael Zantovsky

The definitive biography of Václav Havel—writer, dissident, and Czech president—that chronicles his journey from playwright to national leader, intimately recounted by his former press…

Having Everything

by John L'Heureux

“A master of understated, ominous moments in a marriage in which not asking a question can be more disastrous than asking it . ….

Hawthorne in Concord

by Philip McFarland

“McFarland’s book takes the prize for readability. His is an impressionistic account that could only result from sensitivity and empathy for its subject.” —David Locker, Evansville Courier & Press…

He Drown She in the Sea

by Shani Mootoo

…and daily rhythms of the Caribbean. . . . One of Mootoo’s real accomplishments is his portrayal of the expatriate Harry. . . . Much of the novel is recounted in snippets and flashbacks, from many points of view, which gives the tale a fine-grained, beautifully textured finish.” —Publishers Weekly

Heart of a Dog

by Mikhail Bulgakov

Written in 1925 and unpublished in the Soviet Union until 1987, Mikhail Bulgakov’s satire is as ferocious and timely now as when it was…

Heart of Palm

by Laura Lee Smith

The debut novel from a writer of wry humor and warm humanity, Heart of Palm is an indelible portrait of a town and one…

Happy Family

by Wendy Lee

“Rich and multilayered, Lee’s novel explores what it means to be a part of something, whether it’s a family or a culture. Told in…