Vietnam Plays Vol 2 [Streamers]

There’s a Riot Going On

“Fascinating . . . There’s a Riot Going On [is] a step toward drawing a distinction between the fanatic and the visionary, the image and the substance.”—Zachary Lazar, Los Angeles…

A Storm in Flanders

A reissue from the bestselling author of Forrest Gump, A Storm in Flanders is a fascinating history of the four-year battle of Ypres, the most notorious and dreaded place in…

Purge

“A bravura work, deeply engaged with [Estonia’s] knotted history, sparing but potent in its use of irony, and containing an empathic treatment of all the miserable choices Estonians faced during…

A Peculiar Grace

“Family-fracturing secrets are at the heart of Lent’s luminous third novel, a transcendent story about the healing power of love and art. . . . This sympathetic depiction of a…

Once in a Lifetime

“Newsham describes the audacious attempt to create a national sport from scratch in meticulous detail, and the story is fascinating”. This book is a gripping evocation of a glorious but…

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.

Murphy

“The humor and tragedy of Murphy’s search for his own self has been set down in the brilliant, highly individual style that also distinguishes Beckett’s more recent work. The dialogue…

The Life and Adventures of Lyle Clemens

“A potent compound of both sex and rapture. . . . This remarkable story, as Rechy tells it, is sly, smart, sexy and laugh-out-loud funny, but it is also tinged…

The Last Jew

“Of the novelists I have discovered in translation . . . the three for whom I have the greatest admiration are Gabriel García Márquez, Peter Handke, and Yoram Kaniuk.” —Susan…