Fiction

Gonzo Girl Cheryl Della Pietra

GONZO GIRL is fiction, but is really the thinly disguised experiences of Hunter S. Thompson's live-n assistant. While raucous and bizarre, this is a moving and insightful coming-of-age story.  This title has been selected as a Booksmith Timeless Classic, meaning it is among the best of the best for the last...

Fives and Twenty-Fives Michael Pitre

FIVES AND TWENTY-FIVES lays bare the corrosive psychological effects and the dark humor of modern warfare. Critics have called this the best novel to come out of the Iraq conflict.

 

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Lovers at the Chameleon Club, Paris 1932 Francine Prose

LOVERS AT THE CHAMELEON CLUB, PARIS 1932 captures the "City of Light" at its height - in the Roaring Twenties. Some of literature's most interesting characters congregate at the Chameleon Club - including a cross-dressing lesbian athlete, a young photographer and a socialite art patron. Each voice is spoken with...

I Want To Show You More Jamie Quatro

I WANT TO SHOW YOU MORE is a linked collection of stories that run the gamut from infidelity to faith. There's a fun amount of sex and humor thrown in to make this a most enjoyable read.

 

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The Reason You're Alive Matthew Quick

THE REASON YOU'RE ALIVE is a brilliant and dark story of a wounded veteran who attempts to put his life in order as the end nears. The former soldier, in both a heartfelt and sometimes humorous manner, hopes to prove he is a loving and honorable man.

 

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The Ventriloquists E.R. Ramzipoor

THE VENTRILOQUISTS finds a young girl, Helene, masquerading as a boy and selling newspapers to survive on the streets of 1943 Brussels. When the Nazis pressure her friend, a publisher of dissident underground newspapers, to betray his cause or die, they and their peers decide to pretend to cave to the German demands,...

Above The Waterfall Ron Rash

ABOVE THE WATERFALL finds an Appalachian sheriff about to retire when he is forced to investigate one more case, and face a serious decision with the important woman in his life. Like every novel Ron Rash has ever written, the reader is compelled to turn every page to find out what happens in the end.

 

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The Cove Ron Rash

THE COVE is set deep in the Appalachian Mountains where a lonely woman finds a man nearly stung to death by yellow jackets and nurses him back to health. It is the height of World War I, and we soon learn all about the stranger.

 

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The Risen Ron Rash

THE RISEN is a coming of age story involving two brothers. As they reach mid-life, consequences arise that will profoundly affect one of the siblings.

 

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In the Valley: Stories and a Novella Based on Serena Ron Rash

IN THE VALLEY features ten stories that evoke the beauty of Rash's native Appalachia, as well as shining a light on what makes up the region's dark underside: drug abuse, poverty, environmental destruction, and more. Also, the collection features a novella featuring Serena Pemberton, the titular heroine of Rash's...