The Blacks

“Genet has strong claims to be considered the greatest living playwright. His plays constitute a body of work unmatched for poetic and theatrical power which reaches, in at least two…

Blown

Biting satire and criminal mischief abound in Mark Haskell Smith’s new novel that follows a Wall Street trader who disappears—with millions in stolen cash—and the madcap team of investigators on…

George Washington’s Expense Account

The Balcony

“One of France’s most original and forceful novelists and playwrights.” –The New York Times Book Review…

Gilgamesh

“At once a very Australian dream and a universal one, the dream of exotic, talismanic places beyond the horizon. . . . [Gilgamesh is] a pleasure to read, [London’s] prose…

Kitchen

“Ms. Yoshimoto’s writing is lucid, earnest and disarming, as emotionally observant as Jane Smiley’s, as fluently readable as Anne Tyler’s. . . . [It] seizes hold of the reader’s sympathy…

The Miracle

Witty, profound, and deeply moving, The Miracle explores the way God meddles in our lives . . . and to what end. The Miracle is John L’Heureux’s finest, most daring novel….

Voltaire in Exile

“Davidson . . . has taken on the story of the last Voltaire. . . . In 1753, at the beginning of Davidson’s story, Voltaire was, in contemporary terms, like…

What the Wild Sea Can Be

The acclaimed marine biologist and author of The Brilliant Abyss examines the existential threats the world’s ocean will face in the coming decades and offers cautious optimism for much of…