Tag Archives: Literary

Cain’s Book

by Alexander Trocchi

“Mr. Tocchi’s ideas (or, rather, his gropings toward the distant glow of ideas) are set down in prose that is always clean and sharp…

Camus, a Romance

by Elizabeth Hawes

“A rich hybrid of biography, literary criticism, intellectual history and memoir. . .[an] intriguing, multi-faceted portrait.” —The Washington Post

Candy

by Terry Southern

“Wickedly funny to read and morally bracing as only good satire can be.” —William Styron

The Caprices

by Sabina Murray

“Murray writes stories of fierce intensity, stories that are evocative, distinct, and haunting.” —Claire Messud, The New York Times Book Review

The Car Thief

by Theodore Weesner

“What The Car Thief is really concerned with emerges between its realistic lines–slowly, delicately, and with quiet but consummate art.” –Christopher Lehmann-Haupt, The New…

Butterflies in November

by Audur Olafsdottir

An enchanting novel about a woman who stumbles into a sudden change of fortune and embarks on an offbeat road trip to escape the…

By the Grand Canal

by William Riviere

An exquisite novel redolent of Venice and the haze of World War I by the author of the award-winning Kate Caterina

By the Shore

by Galaxy Craze

“Breathtaking. . . . Craze is note-perfect from beginning to end.” —San Francisco Chronicle

Brown Dog

by Jim Harrison

“Brown Dog is . . . vividly, evocatively alive. . . . These novellas read like a nuanced conversation between author and character. ….