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V_ - Thomas Pynchon
SUMMARY: Winner of the coveted William Faulkner Foundation First Novel Award in 1963, "V." remains a popular literary classic by one of America's great modernists. "This work may w... -
Upright Piano Player - David Abbott
Review'This is a fine, sensitive, moving book - a remarkable first novel' Justin Cartwright. '(A) beautifully constructed debut' Catherine Taylor, Guardian. 'The menace simmering b... -
Up in the Air - Walter Kirn
SUMMARY: Ryan Bingham’s job as a Career Transition Counselor–he fires people–has kept him airborne for years. Although he has come to despise his line of work, he has come to love ... -
Up Against It - M. J. Locke
SUMMARY:Geoff and his friends live in Phocaea, a distant asteroid colony on the Solar System's frontier. They're your basic high-spirited young adults, enjoying such pastime... -
Unveiled - Courtney Milan
From Publishers WeeklyHistorical goofs mar this otherwise compelling Victorian romance. Ash Turner becomes heir to the dukedom of Parford after uncovering evidence that the current... -
Until Dark - Mariah Stewart
From Publishers WeeklySketch artist Kendra Smith, the heroine of Mariah Stewart's (The President's Daughter, etc.) Until Dark, has experienced more than her share of sorrow: her fa... -
Unseen Academicals - Terry Pratchett
SUMMARY: Discworld lives on. In this latest novel, Terry Pratchett delivers the trademark insight and humor readers the world over have come to expect from the purely funniest Engl... -
Union Atlantic - Adam Haslett
SUMMARY: The eagerly anticipated debut novel from the author of the Pulitzer Prize finalist You Are Not a Stranger Here: a deeply affecting portrait of the modern gilded age, the f... -
Unfinished Tales - J. R. R. Tolkien; Christopher T
A fascinating collection of stories, which continue the tales of The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion and contains an alternative version of The Children of Hurin -
Unfinished Desires_ A Novel - Gail Godwin
SUMMARY: From Gail Godwin, three-time National Book Award finalist and acclaimed "New York Times" bestselling author of Evensong and The Finishing School, comes a sweeping new nove...