Against the backdrop of nativist rural narratives dominating Taiwan's literary scene in the 1980s, Huang Fan published thrilling urban portraits and political satires, reorienting ...
From Publishers WeeklyBestseller Griffin and his son, Butterworth, resuscitate Griffin's Men at War series, first published in paperback during the 1980s under the pseudonym Alex B...
From Publishers WeeklyStarred Review. This stunning second novel from Desai (_Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard_) is set in mid-1980s India, on the cusp of the Nepalese movement for....
SUMMARY:Winner of the 1980 Pulitzer PrizeIn what is arguably his greatest book, America's most heroically ambitious writer followsthe short, blighted career of Gary Gilmore,...
SUMMARY: A political humorist's caustically hilarious month-by-month archive of the 1980s includes memorable photographs, newspaper headlines, press clippings, pop quizzes, outrage...
"Styron's most impressive performance. . . . Belongs on that small shelf reserved for American masterpieces." —Washington Post Book World Winner of the 1980 National Book Award, So...
SUMMARY: The long-awaited and hugely-entertaining sequel toMr. Nice. During the mid-1980s, Howard Marks had forty-three aliases, eighty-nine phone lines and companies trading throu...