Pigeons

“[Blechman’s] playful exploration of what some city-dwellers refer to as ‘rats with wings’ takes him to some surprising places . . . [and] along the way, he meets a colorful…

Passion Play

“Like Dostoyevsky’s, Kosinski’s characters explore their own souls, always reaching for limits. . . . The results are never less than compelling.” –Time…

One Soldier’s War

“By turns horrific, sad, and funny, [One Soldier’s War] fills a big gap by providing us with the first-person experiences of an articulate Russian soldier. . . . Evokes Catch-22…

Murphy

“The humor and tragedy of Murphy’s search for his own self has been set down in the brilliant, highly individual style that also distinguishes Beckett’s more recent work. The dialogue…

Monkey

This classic combination of picaresque novel and folk epic is probably the most popular book in the history of the Far East.

The Little White Car

“It’s a clever (and more than slightly irreverent) conceit upon which to construct a novel, but Dan/Danuta brings it off, in the process sending up chick lit and just about…

The Life and Adventures of Lyle Clemens

“A potent compound of both sex and rapture. . . . This remarkable story, as Rechy tells it, is sly, smart, sexy and laugh-out-loud funny, but it is also tinged…

In Memoriam to Identity

The Hyphenated American

“[A] memorable volume of collected plays by one of the most hard-working, prolific, talented, tenacious–not to mention incredibly charming–playwrights of our generation.” –Asian Week…

A Free Man of Color

“[A Free Man of Color] . . . might be a masterpiece. . . . one of the three or four most stirring new plays I’ve seen.” —Terry Teachout, The…