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 reading“More powerful and important than Godot. . . . Mr. Beckett seeks to empty the novel of its usual recognizable objects—plot, situation, characters—and yet…
keep reading‘mr. Ayckbourne’s finest play. If it is the saddest and most moving thing he has written, it is also the most clear-sighted and the…
keep reading“Kaufman and Hart may be the American comic successors to Moli’re. These three plays are still delightfully heady comedy which should bring delight to…
keep reading…reshaped the last century and whose values are resilient even at the beginning of the next one. They have explored what each of these personalities–for they were more, and less, than ordinary people–thought and, more importantly, what they thought when they did what they did.” –David M. Shribman, Boston Globe…
keep reading“Mamet’s ear is famously impeccable, the dialogue is always authentic and convincing. . . . [This adaptation] will help to undermine our silly critical…
keep readingIn the tradition of Scott Smith’s A Simple Plan and James Sallis’s Drive comes a riveting debut novel about a small-time rock band drummer…
keep readingA reissue of Bertolt Brecht’s classic play, including Brecht’s Notes and an introduction by the great actress and chanteuse Lotte Lenya.
keep reading“Leon’s gentle pace allows conversation and atmosphere to develop so full and founded that you can taste the coffee and smell the flowers… You’ll want…
keep reading“The most thorough attempt yet to tell [reggae’s] who story. Although the author, the British music journalist Lloyd Bradley, wasn’t around to witness at…
keep reading“A splendid satire on our celebrity hungry age. The only problem is that O’Farrell has written such funny dialogue for Jimmy that it is…
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