A Washington Post Best Book of the YearEdgar Nominee–Best First Novel Joel Deveraux is a
rising star at a white-shoe law firm in Manhattan. But after a drug-related scandal costs him his job and nearly his law license, he slides ...
In this richly detailed novel about the quest for an unknown father, Julia Glass brings
new characters together with familiar figures from her first two novels, immersing readers in a panorama that stretches from suburban New Jersey to rural Vermont ...
An incisive and absorbing biography of the legendary emperor who bridged ancient and modern Europe
and singlehandedly altered the course of Western history. Charlemagne was an extraordinary figure: an ingenious military strategist, a wise but ruthless leader, a cunning politician, and ...
Brillant, exigeant, un texte de la reconstruction psychique et artistique qui confronte avec pudeur et
élégance deux questions essentielles : pourquoi écrire ? Pourquoi vivre ? Il fut un temps où je lisais les carnets de Katherine Mansfield pour me ...
National Book Award finalistHere is the unforgettable story of the Binewskis, a circus-geek family whose
matriarch and patriarch have bred their own exhibit of human oddities (with the help of amphetamine, arsenic, and radioisotopes). Their offspring include Arturo the Aquaboy, ...
A meticulously researched biography of Jean Genet, one of France's most notorious writers. Acclaimed novelist
and essayist Edmund White illuminates Genet's experiences in the worlds of crime, homosexuality, politics, and high culture, and gives a compelling analysis of Genet's plays, ...
An Instant NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERA LOS ANGELES TIMES, BOSTON GLOBE, WALL STREET JOURNAL, and
NATIONAL INDIE BESTSELLERNamed A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR by *Elle * Vanity Fair * Wired * Real Simple * Kirkus Reviews * BookPage *“Memoir gold: a ...
In this powerful and wide-ranging collection of essays, letters and diary entries, weaving together all
the periods of the author's life -- from his childhood in Transylvania to Auschwitz and Buchenwald, Paris, New York -- Elie Wiesel, acclaimed as one ...