Fiction
THEY KNOW NOT WHAT THEY DO
Written by London, Kristian
Joe Chayefski has got what he always wanted: a reputation as one of America's top neuroscientists, a beautiful wife and two perfect daughters. But his carefully created idyll is threatened when his Baltimore neuroscience lab is targeted by animal rights activists. The attack is followed by a phone call from Joe's ex-wife in Finland.
NOTHING
Written by Kureishi, Hanif
The new book from the author of The Buddha of Suburbia comes a novella of passion, revenge, and deception. Waldo, a feted filmmaker, is confined by old age and ill health to his London apartment. Frail and frustrated, he is cared for by his lovely younger wife, Zee.
GIRL IN EXILE: REQUIEM FOR LINDA B.
Written by Kadare, Ismail
"Powerful, empathetic, at times harrowing... executed with an elegant combination of horror, absurdity, indignation, and other-worldliness... A chilling, humane and strangely beautiful work." --Independent A Girl in Exile, first published in Albanian in 2009, is set among the bureaucratic machinery of Albania's 1945-1991 dictatorship.
FRESHWATER
Written by Emezi, Akwaeke
An extraordinary debut novel, Freshwater explores the surreal experience of having a fractured self.
PURE HOLLYWOOD: AND OTHER STORIES
Written by Schutt, Christine
"With terse sentences that read like poetry, Schutt strips each scene of excess context and cuts to the heart of the moment....Schutt's haunting yet lyrical words linger long after the final page."--Los Angeles Times Hailed by George Saunders as "a truly gifted writer," with Pure Hollywood & Other Stories, Pulitzer Prize finalist and O Henry Prize winner Christine Schu
PHONE
Written by Self, Will
Published to rave reviews in the United Kingdom, Phone tells the story of two men: Zack Busner and Jonathan De'Ath. Busner is a psychiatrist who has made his name through his unorthodox treatment of psychological damage, such as giving the controversial drug L-DOPA to patients ravaged by encephalitis, or administering LSD to World War II PTSD-sufferers.
FIRE SERMON
Written by Quatro, Jamie
"It's rare, to the point of near non-existence, to find a book that has such literary weight and heft, yet reads like a sonnet. I look at it in puzzlement, wondering how Jamie Quatro gave such breadth, depth and intensity in so few words. And it's funny, and real, and painful, so painful. Also a shot of light. An education. A mirror.
TEMPTATION OF FORGIVENESS: A COMMISSARIO GUIDO BRUNETTI MYSTERY
Written by Leon, Donna
Surprised, if not dismayed, to discover from his superior, Vice-Questore Patta, that leaks are emanating from the Questura, Commissario Guido Brunetti is surprised more consequentially by the appearance of a friend of his wife's, fearful that her son is using drugs and hopeful Brunetti can somehow intervene.
HAPPINESS
Written by Forna, Aminatta
"Not since Remains of the Day has an author so skillfully revealed the way history's layers are often invisible to all but its participants . . . Gorgeous."--John Freeman, Boston Globe on The Hired Man
GOODBYE, VITAMIN
Written by Khong, Rachel
"Khong is a magician, and we are lucky to fall under her spell at the very beginning of her brilliant writing life." --Lauren Groff"This novel sneaks up on you -- just like life . . . and heartbreak. And love."--Miranda July
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