How the Dead Live

“How the Dead Live overflows with rhetorical ecstasy–arabesques of assonance and alliteration, puns peppering every paragraph, chiasmus turning clause after clause back on themselves like a hall of mirrors, page…

In the City of Shy Hunters

Spanbauer has inserted his character, the Shy Hunter, into the mythology of the real Lower East Side of Manhattan. Surely many will want to follow his steps after reading In…

The Hite Report on the Family

“This book is about the one subject that’s even more taboo than sex. . . .” –Gloria Steinem…

Act of the Damned

“An exhilarating cacophony of conflicting voices . . . The fury of its rhetoric takes on all but irresistible momentum.” –Kirkus Reviews…

Mezzanine

“A very funny book . . . Its 135 pages probably contain more insight into life as we live it today than anything currently on the best-seller list.” —The New…

Witches on the Road Tonight

“Holman is a master of the miniature. She uses tiny, achingly accurate details to bring each moment to life on the page; her sentences sing. . . . This richly…

Vietnam Plays Vol 2 [Streamers]

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…