The Palm-Wine Drinkard and My Life in the Bush of Ghosts

Indaba, My Children

“An absorbing collection of legends . . . This interesting and human book deserves a wide circle of readers.” –The Times Literary Supplement (London)…

Fortune’s Bastard

“A spontaneous seduction prompts a surreal chain of events in this raucous new novel. . . . This is a wry, writhing tale about the forces that shape our fate.”…

The Farrakhan Factor

“Honest, unsparing and thorough in [its] discussion not only of Farrakhan, but also of the Nation of Islam, black nationalism and the state of race relations.” –The Boston Globe…

Cobra

“Meyer . . . vividly depicts the story of South Africa in his novels . . . The ones featuring Captain Griessel in particular have a pleasing relentlessness.” —Los Angeles…

South Beach

“South Beach: The Novel, Brian Antoni’s candy-colored and warmhearted second work of fiction, would make a terrific opera . . . Rich with club scenes and descriptions of off-beat forms…

The Far Field

An elegant, epic debut novel—“equal parts love story, war story, and family intrigue” (Ben Fountain)—from an exciting new talent and Pushcart Prize-winner that follows one young woman’s search for a…

House Witness

The twelfth novel in the Joe DeMarco series, Mike Lawson puts his likable protagonist on the trail of a different kind of fixer.

Zappa

The definitive biography of religion-baiting, Republican-hating, chain-smoking, coffee-addicted, classically trained guitar virtuoso Frank Zappa.

Republican Party Reptile

“To say that P. J. O’Rourke is funny is like saying the Rocky Mountains are scenic–accurate but insufficient. At his best he’s downright exhilarating . . . Republican Party Reptile…