Seven Centuries of English Cooking

Secessia

From the immensely talented author of The Blood of Heaven, compared by reviewers to Faulkner, O’Connor, and McCarthy, comes a gothic portrait of a city ravaged by war and struck…

Second Violin

“Smart and gracefully written . . . It has been Lawton’s achievement to capture, in first-rate popular fiction, the courage and drama—and the widespread tomorrow-we-may-die exuberance—of that terrible and thrilling…

Rock ’n’ Roll

“One of the great political plays in the English language.”—Sunday Times (UK)…

The River

“The River introduces the reader to an intriguing cast of people, called by accident or circumstance, into the small English village of Cameldip. Wastvedt has an astonishing ability to bring…

Ritual

“Mo Hayder has utterly mastered the art of suspense. Ritual moves from the eerie and dangerous to the downright ferocious as steadily as an oncoming train. Her characters are full,…

Waiting for the Dark, Waiting for the Light

A powerful, important novel about the struggle between the ideal and the temptations of freedom.

The Retreat

“In The Retreat, a novel much praised for its level of historical detail, French writer Patrick Rambaud locates little grandeur in the ghastly carnage of Napoleon’s retreat from Moscow. ….

Republican Party Reptile

“To say that P. J. O’Rourke is funny is like saying the Rocky Mountains are scenic–accurate but insufficient. At his best he’s downright exhilarating . . . Republican Party Reptile…

Remnants of the First Earth

Dazzlingly original, but with deep roots in his traditional Mesquakie culture, Young Bear is a master wordsmith poised with trickster-like aplomb between the ancient world of his forefathers and the…