Fiction

The Exiles Christina Baker Kline

THE EXILES tells the story of three women from disparate worlds who are all forced to Van Diemen's Land, a British penal colony in 1840's Australia. Told with beautiful prose and sharp insight, Baker paints a striking portrait of life in Australia as harsh and unforgiving, but also where new lives can be forged, while...

Eveningland Michael Knight

EVENINGLAND: STORIES is a dazzling collection of short fiction that has been hailed across America as one of the best of its genre.

 

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Soil Jamie Kornegay

SOIL is a dark, disturbing, and magnificent work a from powerful new Southern voice. Set in the Mississippi Delta, it's reminiscent of William Gay - at his maturity.

 

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To Be a Man: Stories Nicole Krauss

TO BE A MAN: STORIES is a marvelous collection from a contemporary master. Krauss runs the gamit of thorny connections between men and women, illustrating the forces that drive human existance. The reader will greedily digest tales of sex, power, violence, passion, self-discovery and growing older.  ...

Katabasis (Deluxe Signed Edition) R.F. Kuang

KATABASIS is a witty, gory, harrowing ride that roasts the perils and power structures of academia. It is a balance of literary deep thinking and pop commercial fun - a scholastic fantasy with explorations of purpose and grief.                           

 

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Roman Stories Jhumpa Lahiri

ROMAN STORIES is the long awaited collection by the master of the form. The Pulitzer Prize winner chose to write these treasures in her adopted language of Italian and translate them herself into English. The last selected piece might have been guided by the ghost of Dante Alighieri.

 

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Criminal Enterprise Owen Laukkanen

CRIMINAL ENTERPRISE is the story of a bank robber who has more than the money as an incentive. FBI Special Agent Carla Windermere and Minnesota state investigator Kirk Stevens soon close in.

 

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World Gone By Dennis Lehane

WORLD GONE BY finds a former criminal leading an honest life until his past is discovered. He now races against time to find who wants him dead.

 

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Earthly Remains: A Commissario Guido Brunetti Mystery Donna Leon

EARTHLY REMAINS finds Commissario Guido Brunetti being granted a leave of absence. His leisure days are interrupted when the caretaker of his vacation spot goes missing.

 

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Dissident Gardens Jonathan Lethem

DISSIDENT GARDENS follows an extremely left leaning (can you say Communist?)  protagonist through the decades. For his mother and daughter, the line between personal and political is difficult to distinguish.

 

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