The Life and Adventures of John Nicol, Mariner

“Lively . . . exciting . . . Nicol has made a lasting place for himself in the literature of the sea and ships he loved so deeply.” –Jonathan Yardley,…

Easy in the Islands

“[Shacochis’s] stories have an unselfconscious narrative momentum–a linear drive toward an ending–that I associate with the easy ways of an old master . . . I think this boy’s been…

Paying Back Jack

…tale of human trafficking, mercenaries, missing interrogation videos, international conspiracies, and revenge, all set against the lovely and sordid backstreets of Bangkok that Moore knows better than anyone.” —Barry Eisler…

She May Not Leave

“One of England’s most superb novelists, could best be described as a 21st-century Thackery. . . . Weldon’s sharp wit and incisive skewering of the mores of the moment make…

The Journal Keeper

“I loved this singularly honest and graceful book. The Journal Keeper reminds us that there is no such thing as an ordinary moment, and certainly no such thing as an…

The Hyphenated American

“[A] memorable volume of collected plays by one of the most hard-working, prolific, talented, tenacious–not to mention incredibly charming–playwrights of our generation.” –Asian Week…

Gould’s Book of Fish

“What’s memorable–even extraordinary–about this book are Flanagan’s aphoristic talent, his imagination and his uncanny ability to channel the Rabelaisian voices of the great picaresque writers–Fielding, Sterne, Smollet. . . ….

Essays in Zen Buddhism

Nova Express

“Hypnotic; I wish I could quote, but it takes several pages to get high on this stuff. . . . Funny . . . outrageous along the lines of Burroughs’s…

Rock Springs

“Beautifully imagined and crafted stories, by turns heartrending and wickedly funny, and just plain wicked. Richard Ford is a born storyteller with an inimitable lyric voice, and Rock Springs is…