Sewer, Gas & Electric

by Matt Ruff

…future that Ruff admits is the present in drag. . . . [Ruff] might just be the fellow whom American literature’s been seeking for a long time.” –The Washington Post…

Our Frail Blood

by Peter Nathaniel Malae

…Award and a New York Times notable author, comes a multigenerational novel of fierce originality and brilliance about an Italian-American family grappling with the failed promise of the American dream….

Side Man

by Warren Leight

…his father, Gene, mother, Terry, and their circle, but also the story of a lost era in American popular music: the rise, decline and fall of the big bands. ….

The Hole We’re In

by Gabrielle Zevin

…captures the zeitgeist.”—People From the New York Times-bestselling author of Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, a bold, timeless novel about a troubled American family navigating an even more troubled America…

Death by Leisure

by Chris Ayres

“With dry British wit, [Ayres] skewers American greed, L.A. life, and his own endless romantic foibles . . . Somehow, Ayres knew the fall was coming and kept going anyway….

Asia Hand

by Christopher G. Moore

…a disbarred American lawyer turned PI, has been doing that for years as Christopher G. Moore shows in his award-winning series. . . . In Asia Hand, Moore delivers a…

The Devil Tree

by Jerzy Kosinski

“Savage . . . [Whalen is] a foolproof, timeless American character. . . . Each horrid, magical episode . . . releases, between the lines, unspoken words about the nature…

Chicago’s Great Fire

by Carl Smith

From an acclaimed historian, the full and authoritative story of one of the most iconic disasters in American history, told through the vivid memories of those who experienced it

Bloodbath Nation

by Paul Auster

An intimate and powerful rumination on American gun violence by Paul Auster, one of our greatest living writers and “genuine American original” (Boston Globe), in an unforgettable collaboration with photographer…

Peace Kills

by P. J. O'Rourke

“Peace Kills is war coverage in the great tradition of Catch 22 and M*A*S*H: Wars can be right or wrong, but they are always crazy and frightening in the center…

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