Three Novels

“More powerful and important than Godot. . . . Mr. Beckett seeks to empty the novel of its usual recognizable objects—plot, situation, characters—and yet keep the reader interested and moved….

Molloy

‘samuel Beckett is one of the great playwrights of our age. . . . As a novelist he is just as important. His novels, like all important works of art,…

Grove at Home: January 24-30

…an attempted coup was a strangely stupefying and passive experience.” Continue reading…   Will Self reads from Phone Today is the 106th anniversary of the first transcontinental phone call placed…

Al-Jazeera

“A detailed, absorbing look at the organization, the world it covers and the international media. . . . In describing Al Jazeera’s rise, Miles illuminates the shaky balance the channel…

The Toughest Indian in the World

“Alexie reveals himself to be a more fearless writer than one might ever have imagined; the stories are bold, uncensored, raucous, and sexy.” –Ken Foster, San Francisco Chronicle Book Review…

Asia Hand

“Navigating Bangkok’s dark side streets and myriad underground cultures requires keen insight as well as the courage to look at corruption but see the hope that lies beneath. Vincent Calvino,…

Double Happiness

Celebrated author Mary-Beth Hughes returns with a knockout collection of stories that are by turns “devastating, poignant, desperate, and true” (Mary Gaitskill)….

Numbers

Should the Tent Be Burning Like That?

From a celebrated writer on the outdoors, hilarious stories about the joys and pitfalls of hunting, fishing, family, and adventure.

Try

“Written in Mr. Cooper’s taut, chillingly ironic prose. . . Try is about a world under severe emotional repression–a fascistic world of pure sadistic power. . . . As improbable…