Review“This is one of the most startling of the century's varied achievements in Irish writing.”—Seamus Deane "John Banville is one of the greatest masters of the English lang...
Product DescriptionMelville's short stories are masterpieces. The best are to be appreciated on more than one level and those presented here are rich with symbolism and spiritual d...
EDITORIAL REVIEW: Jane Green’s rise to reigning queen of commercial women’s literature has been positively meteoric. *Jemima J*, *Mr. Maybe,* and *Bookends* all took international ...
SUMMARY: What does it mean to be bad? Eric Bear has it all: a successful career, a beautiful wife, a blissful home. He knows he's been lucky; a while back, his life revolved around...
From Publishers WeeklyIn this tame debut, the body of a young girl discovered by the side of a Nashville highway puts homicide detective Taylor Jackson and her lowdown boyfriend, F...
SUMMARY: Jimmy Buffett, bestselling author of "Tales from Margaritaville" and hero to "parrotheads" everywhere, flies back into view with a novel set in the Caribbean, involving a ...
Frederick Busch has an enduring love affair with great books, and here he brilliantly communicates his passion to us all. Whether expounding on Melville or Dickens, or celebrating ...
SUMMARY: The West Virginia town of Grantville, torn from the twentieth century and hurled back into seventeenth century Europe has allied with Gustavus Adolphus, King o...