Gomorrah: A Personal Journey into the Violent International Empire of Naples’ Organized Crime System
Roberto Saviano's out-of-control port of Naples is a snakepit of Camorra gangsters. A passionate, necessary read.
Aloft
Chang-Rae Lee is in Richard Ford-land with this tale of suburban awakening.
Late Nights On Air
Elizabeth Hay's novelistic look back at Canada's North West Territories of the 1970s foreshadows spring breakage.
Tuscany in Mind
"My experiences of Florence were chiefly unpleasant. I will change the subject," wrote Mark Twain.
The View from Castle Rock
Few others besides Canada's Munro so breathtakingly navigate the ever-changing underside of every day life.
Jews and Power
If Jews are to survive, writes Ruth Wisse, they'd better take things into their own hands.
Rome and Jerusalem: The Clash of Ancient Civilizations
Martin Goodman's account of the Roman-Jewish war gives Tacitus and Pliny their just due.
White Lightning
Justin Cartwright puts his own spin on existentialism in a novel about disenchantment and redemption.
The End
Hans Eric Nossack's haunting remembrance of the Hamburg firestorm is to die for.
Roth exits a ghost
Roth directs fictional alter ego Nathan Zuckerman from center-front to the wings.
The Pesthouse
What on earth possessed Jim Crace to write an inferior allegory about Amerika?