Elinor Lipman At thirty-two, Faith Frankel has returned to her claustro-suburban hometown, where she writes institutional thank-you notes for her alma mater. It's a peaceful life, really, and surely with...

Fausto BrizziWhat would you do if you knew you only had 100 days left to live? For Lucio Battistini, it’s a chance to spend the rest of his life the...

Michael Marshall Smith Michael Marshall Smith’s surreal, groundbreaking, and award-winning debut which resonates with wild humour interlaced with dark recollections of an emotional minefield. Now part of the Voyager Classics...

Leslie Thomas'In July 1945 it was the Colonel who had thought up the answer to the question that everyone in the zone was asking: what a suddenly peaceful army should...

Author: William Sutcliffe Can three mothers save their shiftless sons from themselves—in just one week?Gillian, Helen, and Carol are three suburban mothers who have known each other since their respective...

Gary ShteyngartEight friends, one country house, four romances, and six months in isolation -- a powerful, emotionally rich novel about love, friendship, and betrayal, a book that reads like a...

Robert Perisic2003: As Croatia lurches from socialism into globalized capitalism, Toni, a cocky journalist in Zagreb, struggles to balance his fragile career, pushy family, and hotheaded girlfriend. But in a...

David Lodge   Everything changes when Timothy’s glamorous older sister, Kath, invites him to spend the summer at Heidelberg. Kath, who left home long ago to work for the American...

Author: Joey Comeanu Overqualified's cover letters are like a slap in the face, but the slap is hilarious, and you can't stop laughing, and as soon as it's over you...

Author: Meg Cabot But she can't exactly tell the truth, either—not when she's juggling two boyfriends, secretly hating the high school football team everyone else worships, and trying to have...

Stephen Fry "Appallingly funny." — Daily TelegraphA hilarious collection of the many articles written by Stephen Fry for magazines, newspapers and radio. It includes selected wireless essays of Donald Trefusis,...

David Lodge Agnostic theologian Bernard Walsh has a professional interest in heaven. But, when he travels to Hawaii with his father, Jack, it is not in quest of a vacation...