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With Liberty and Justice for So - Glenn Greenwald
From "the most important voice to have entered the political discourse in years" (Bill Moyers), a scathing critique of the two-tiered system of justice that has emerged in AmericaF... -
The Stand - Stephen King
In 1978, science fiction writer Spider Robinson wrote a scathing review of The Stand in which he exhorted his readers to grab strangers in bookstores and beg them not to buy it. Th... -
The Informers - Juan Gabriel Vasquez
SUMMARY: A virtuosic novel about family, history, memory, and betrayal from the brightest new Latin American literary talent working today. When Gabriel Santoros biography is scath... -
Internecine - David J. Schow
EDITORIAL REVIEW: ***“Smart, scathing, and verbally inventive to an astonishing degree, David J. Schow is one of the most interesting writers of his generation.”—Peter Straub ***“I... -
De Profundis - Oscar Wilde
SUMMARY: Written from Wilde's prison cell at Reading Gaol to his friend and lover Lord Alfred Douglas, "De Profundis" explodes the conventions of the traditional love letter and of... -
Bleak House - Charles Dickens
SUMMARY: Considered one of Dickens's greatest works, "Bleak House" scathingly portrays his belief: "The one great principle of the English law is to make business for itself." Peop... -
All the Sad Young Literary Men - Keith Gessen
EDITORIAL REVIEW: A charming yet scathing portrait of young adulthood at the opening of the twenty-first century, *All the Sad Young Literary Men* charts the lives of Sam, Mark, an...