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Asian Godfathers
by Joe Studwell“A myth-shattering look at Southeast Asia’s powerful Chinese tycoons . . . A richly reported study of power and stunted economic development.” —BusinessWeek…
Swimming in the Volcano
by Bob Shacochis“Swimming in the Volcano provides a feast; it is a book heady with language and thick with story . . . [leaving] the reader feeling exhilarated. . . . This…
Song of Napalm
by Bruce Weigl“Song of Napalm is more than a collection of beautifully wrought, heart-wrenching and often very funny poems… Weigl may have written the best novel so far about the Vietnam War,…
The Importance of a Piece of Paper
by Jimmy Santiago Baca“[Baca] continues to mine his experience, exploring conflicts between the rich traditions of Chicano culture and a modern world impatient with them. . . . His imagery. . . is…
Manson in His Own Words
by Nuel Emmons“A glimpse of part of the American experience that is rarely described from the inside . . . It compels both interest and horror.” –The Washington Post…
About Face
by Donna Leon“Leon . . . is so generous with the humanizing details that make this series special. There are long walks in Brunetti’s warm company and lively talks with his clever…
Lost Paradise
by Cees Nooteboom“Elegant, subtle intelligence . . . cool, intellectually sophisticated, ironic . . . Nooteboom is a careful prose stylist of a notably philosophical bent.” —J.M. Coetzee, New York Review of…
The Last Jew
by Yoram Kaniuk“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…
The Everlasting Stream
by Walt Harrington“A familiar American story, beautifully told in a fresh light. We need to hear this story again and again, until, like Harrington, we realize that most of what we need…
Mr. Darwin’s Shooter
by Roger McDonald“Earthy, economical prose . . . wisdom and subtle understanding . . . Evolution, as Mr. Darwin’s Shooter demonstrates, is driven by forces more nuanced and mysterious than the crude…