Ghost Town

by Robert Coover

“The lonesome abstract cadences suggest Samuel Beckett. . . . As a gunsmokin” wordslinger, Coover rides high in the saddle.” –The Boston Globe

The Garden Next Door

by Jose Donoso

“The garden next door to reality is art, and . . . there is no denying Donoso’s central point; it takes imagination to live…

The Gathering

by Anne Enright

From one our most singular and dazzling writers, and the winner of the 2007 Man Booker Prize, Anne Enright’s The Gathering is a moving, evocative portrait…

Frisk

by Dennis Cooper

“Frisk is a significant work of fiction. Cooper . . . wants to lead us into the wormy heart of the murderous impulse.” –Michael Cunningham, author of A Home at the End of the World…

Funeral Rites

by Jean Genet

“Funeral Rites is quite possibly an evil book. It is clearly a brilliant book, . . . a seminal document in the development of…

Frankie’s Place

by Jim Sterba

“[Frankie’s Place] is really the story of finding a place that fits, a home in the world. . . . It’s about loving the person you’re with. Happiness. Contentment. Peace. . . . In an era in which memoir has been given a bad rap by all those writers who…

Fortune’s Bastard

by Robert Chalmers

“A spontaneous seduction prompts a surreal chain of events in this raucous new novel. . . . This is a wry, writhing tale about…

The Four Books

by Yan Lianke

Man Booker International Prize finalist Yan Lianke’s most powerful and searing novel yet, about the persecution of intellectuals in a reeducation camp during the…

The Fourth Angel

by John Rechy

Fool on the Hill

by Matt Ruff

“Inspired . . . rich in flavorful language . . . this dazzling tour de force makes for an auspicious literary debut.” –San Francisco…

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