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Naked at Lunch

From naked grocery shopping to the Big Nude Boat, a comic novelist turned narrative journalist lays bare the world of the nudist.

Naked Lunch

“A book of great beauty . . . . Burroughs is the only American novelist living today who may conceivably be possessed by genius.”…

Napoleon’s Exile

“Enfeebled, sick, dispirited, abandoned, the ruler only becomes more fascinating. The epoch is no more, but the intimate Napoleon replaces it. No hagiography or…

Native

With his unique perspective as an Israeli Palestinian, Sayed Kashua’s collection of personal essays is a frank, irreverent, thought-provoking exploration of discovering one’s identity,…

Natural Born Killers

This original screenplay offers fans and film buffs the opportunity to compare Tarantino’s original vision with Oliver Stone’s version of the story of Mickey…

My Life in Heavy Metal

“Almond’s eye for modern types is impeccably, almost academically, sharp, and yet these stories, slight as they sometimes are, never come across as schoolwork.”…

My Mother: Demonology

“What makes this book powerful is the archetypal punch behind each image, a punch that comes from an unknown assailant dressed in red wearing…

My Mother’s Lovers

“A brilliant send-up of the ‘white tribe’ in Africa, featuring a larger-than-life Beryl Markham-like figure . . . and the son who can’t flee…

My Secret Fishing Life

“I love Nick Lyons’s books. Every sentence is so full and ripe with whatever it is that keeps us fishing–and the minute-by-minute surprise and delight of it.” –Ted Hughes, former…