Shooting Elvis

“Whip smart . . . Best described as punk noir, it takes the sardonic bite of Raymond Chandler and sets it to the mosh-pit madness of Green Day. An exciting…

Beautiful Thing

“A tour de force of heartrending reportage . . . which blends rigorous journalistic research with the narrative skills of a novelist. . . . With tight focus and pacing,…

Editors on Editing

“A superb collection of essays–wise, original, and “educational” in the best sense of the word. Every publisher, editor, writer and agent should buy at least one copy and then a…

Victory 1918

“Victory 1918 covers all the theaters of war, not only the muck and mire of France. . . . [It] provides food for thought and reflection on the futility of…

In France Profound

From the National Book Award-longlisted author of Finding Florida, a sparkling, sweeping chronicle of the author’s life and discoveries in a town in “Deep France,” from nearby prehistoric caves to…

February

“Luminous . . . Moore offers us, elegantly, exultantly, the very consciousness of her characters. In this way, she does more than make us feel for them. She makes us…

Repetition

Exhibits a sensibility as nervous and contemporary–not to mention witty–as that of any novelist working today. . . . Objects play as dramatic a role in Repetition as do characters….

Under Radar

…. . .Tolkin harnesses the image-making faculty in a reader’s brain and puts it to work in the service of his own uniquely moral storytelling.” –David Kipen, The San Francisco…

Essays in Zen Buddhism

Love for Sale

“Contains enough scholarly detail to allow one to employ the “I read Playboy for the articles’ defense.” –Jared Paul Stern, New York Post…