Tag Archives: Literary

Divining Rod

by Michael Knight

“Knight’s understated prose gives the book its power, moving slowly, but fully, through the gamut of his characters’ emotions. . . . A fresh,…

Doctor Sleep

by Madison Smartt Bell

“This man writes the way de Sica filmed. His prose is vivid without being showy, witty without being self-satisfied, economical without being minimalist. The…

The Devil Tree

by Jerzy Kosinski

“Savage . . . [Whalen is] a foolproof, timeless American character. . . . Each horrid, magical episode . . . releases, between the…

Difficult Women

by Roxane Gay

A powerhouse collection of stories from the New York Times bestselling author Roxane Gay, Difficult Women provides a wry, beautiful, haunting vision of modern…

The Delivery Man

by Joe McGinniss, Jr.

“McGinniss offers a fresh take on the seamy side of Vegas by focusing on the wasted lives of burned-out teens hooked on drugs and…

The Destinies of Darcy Dancer, Gentleman

by J.P. Donleavy

Once the squire of the mansion Andromeda Park and now a mere menial, Darcy Dancer embarks upon a series of adventures across the country…

Deviant Behavior

by Mike Sager

“Mike Sager’s keen, journalistic eye and unique voice transfer to fiction with highly entertaining results. Deviant Behavior is a street-level, symphonic portrait of an…

The Devil at Large

by Erica Jong

“By way of Henry Miller, Erica Jong opens a cornucopia of questions that no one is asking about sex: that is, its relation to…

The Devil I Know

by Claire Kilroy

A witty, captivating novel of greed and hubris set amid the Celtic Tiger and its ignominious downfall, by a writer who, Barbara Kingsolver has…