A Refiner’s Fire

In the thirty-third installment of Donna Leon’s magnificent series, Commissario Guido Brunetti confronts a present-day Venetian menace and the ghosts of a heroism that never was

The Blindness of the Heart

“Winner of the German Book Prize . . . this is a great, big silence-breaker of a novel, a laser beam into the German darkness from a writer, one feels,…

The Blacks

“Genet has strong claims to be considered the greatest living playwright. His plays constitute a body of work unmatched for poetic and theatrical power which reaches, in at least two…

The Black Russian

“In this magnetically appealing, unforgettable biography, Alexandrov . . . [with] assiduous research . . . insightfully and dynamically portrays a singular man.” —Booklist (starred review)…

The Answer Is Never

…as a kid–what it’s like to awaken to a sense of possibility, and to realize that what you’ve grown up with is not what you’re stuck with.” –The New Yorker…

George Washington’s Expense Account

Blown

Biting satire and criminal mischief abound in Mark Haskell Smith’s new novel that follows a Wall Street trader who disappears—with millions in stolen cash—and the madcap team of investigators on…

The Caddie Was a Reindeer

A joy ride through the wild world of sports from “the best sportswriter in the country” (St. Paul Pioneer Press)…

A.J. Ayer

“A delightful discourse on an extraordinarily full life: Rogers succeeds in capturing the spirit of a philosophical maverick who many loved to hate.” –Kirkus Reviews…