Jim Brosnan's baseball reminscence is a rare bird: Words by a player who can write.
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Desperate Characters
Paula Fox's 1970 novel is a beautiful portrait of the bloodshed contained in ennui.
The rural life, darkly
After a few also-ran novels, Britain's Graham Swift is back with top-notch work.
Correction
Thomas Bernhard's philosophical masterpiece is 250 pages of unfiltered genius.
The Free World
David Bezmozgis' first novel elegantly follows Russian Jews in 1970s Rome.
On a Day Like This
If you're looking for 21st-century existentialists, Mr. Stamm's your man.
The Insufferable Gaucho
Roberto Bolaño's swan song collection defies death with sound and fury.
The Road
Little short of Flemish dreams can prepare a reader for vintage McCarthy.
That lovely hare
Potter Edmund de Waal's look into his family past is steeped in sadness.
Bottom of the 33rd
Minus Easter trimmings, Dan Barry has written a compelling baseball book.
Bonsai
Alejandro Zambra's novella tackles life, death and Chile — hold the politics.
While the Women are Sleeping
The early Javier Marías is much about restless ghosts asking hard questions.