A Dancer in the Dust

“Edgar Award winner Thomas Cook has a string of beautifully written and elegantly plotted thrillers to his name. A Dancer in the Dust is one of his best ever. This…

Aquarium

Widely acclaimed around the world, David Vann is “an artist” (New York Times), “a truly great writer” (Irish Sunday Independent), “one of the best writers of his generation” (Le Figaro)—and,…

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Cold Mountain

“Charles Frazier has taken on a daunting task–and has done extraordinarily well by it… a Whitmanesque foray into America: into its hugeness, its freshness, its scope and its soul.” —James…

Born on a Tuesday

From a two-time Caine Prize finalist and Nigerian novelist, an exceptional coming-of-age story about a Muslim boy in remote Nigeria and an intimate look at the way young men seek…

As God Commands

The award-winning new novel by Niccolò Ammaniti is “a rollickingly dark horror-comic, a grueling piece of fun” by a “fearsomely gifted writer” (The Independent)…

The Best of It

“Melancholy lucidity is Ryan’s greatest gift, and it can be heard in all her most successful poems. But her most startling discovery is that melancholy, with its tendency to brood…

By its Cover

Commissario Guido Brunetti must question his own assumptions about culture, virtue, and class in order to solve a shocking case of rare book theft from a Venetian library.

At the Full and Change of the Moon

“[Brand has] a lush and exuberant style that may put some readers in mind of Toni Morrison or Edwidge Danticat.” –The New York Times Book Review…

Being There

“A tantalizing knuckleball of a book delivered with perfectly timed satirical hops and metaphysical flutters.” –Time…