Bolaño's Ouija board has porn on its mind in this collection from the late 1990s.
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The Fictions of Bruno Schulz (“The Street of Crocodiles”/”Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass”)
Though Bruno Schulz got little time to show it, his vision was among literature's greatest.
No Country for Old Men
Now that the movie dust has settled, it's time to get back to the book.
Chapman’s Odyssey
Paul Bailey ruminates on life's end by injecting it with vivid vim and vigor.
Romanzo: Love and Corruption Italian Style
Angela Montgomery's novel of Milan in the 1990s is an indelible Italian portrait.
Sheffield, burning
Sunjeev Sahota's debut novel delves skillfully into homegrown British terrorism.
Blood Meridian
Nearly three decades later, the American Iliad still rises up and oozes.
Comedy in a Minor Key
What Anne Frank took a tome to chronicle, Hans Keilson strips down to lovely bones.
House of Versace: The Untold Story of Genius, Murder, and Survival
Deborah Ball probes the inner lining of the brilliant but troubled Versace legacy.
Bleak freedom
Jonathan Franzen's newest novel is much about being a slave to who you are — forever.
In the Valley of the Kings
Terrence Holt's debut collection of stories shakes the foundation of the word.
Luka and the Fire of Life
Wizardly charm from Salman Rushdie in this erudite book for his son.