Last Night a DJ Saved My Life

…lively and—to anyone with a more than casual interest in the history of popular music in the latter half of the 20th century—necessary volume.” —The New York Times Book Review…

Random Acts of Senseless Violence

“Fascinating and well written . . . wonderfully inventive. . . . Mr. Womack’s New York has a constant punk-rocker violence, which unwinds with a deadpan humor.” –The New York…

War Law

“Should be read, and pondered, by those who are seriously concerned with the legacy we will leave to future generations.” —Noam Chomsky…

Fado Alexandrino

T.H.U.G. L.I.F.E.

“Shakur produces a visceral and strikingly real portrayal of gang life in Los Angeles, replete with sudden and inexplicable violence, revenge, betrayal, ostentatious living, racism, the strong arm of law…

The Forgers

When a suspected forger is brutally murdered, his sister’s lover—himself a notorious counterfeiter of the handwriting of literary greats—is caught in a web of truth and lies that puts his…

The Reluctant Sheriff

…A. Cosby,” and in this breakneck new novel, sheriff Mick Hardin navigates the treacherous terrain of a town’s festering secrets and the violent forces who want to keep them hidden…

Down the Highway

…[a] fascinating and finely written account of Dylan’s life and times, while managing at the same time to provide interesting evaluations of his music and cultural contribution.” —The New Republic…

South Beach

…off-beat forms of physical congress . . . he means the book to encapsulate the social makeup of a city he clearly loves.” —Henry Alford, New York Times Book Review…