Had Lewis Carroll met John Le Carré, the result might have beeen akin to "Samedi."
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Traveling minds
An architect draws London's Thames while a memoirist digs into the cliffs of Liguria.
The Third Reich
Roberto Bolaño's posthumously published novel has little of his trademark wit.
Restless Nights
A Dino Buzzati short story collection that's steeped in mystery and more.
Liberi di non credere
"Free Not to Believe" is an alternative view of religion's role in Catholic Italy.
The Maintenance of Headway
Magnus Mills' parody about a city bus system is actually far more subversive.
Full apocalypse
Michel Houellebecq literally and figuratively buries himself in his latest novel.
The Angel Esmeralda
Incomparable DeLillo burrows into "routine havoc" and emerges with gold dust.
The Girl in the Polka-dot Dress
Beryl Bainbridge's swan song is a neat trip back to Bobby Kennedy's America.
The Sunset Limited
Cormac McCarthy's relentless novella-play is enough to give suicide a good name.
The Sweetest Dream
Doris Lessing's little-known 1984 work remains a novel to remember.
Dark past blazing
Lucretia Grindle's newest Italian foray makes "Be back Monday" into a terrifying scrawl.