Thomas Pynchon A group of Americans in Northern California in 1984 are struggling with the consequences of their lives in the sixties, still run by the passions of those times—sexual...

Henry Hitchings Ever wondered how some people seem to have an opinion on every book ever published? Nowadays, there are so many books: how can anyone be well read anymore?...

Aleander Maksik You Deserve Nothing' is told in three voices: that of Will, a charismatic young teacher; Gilad, one of Will's students who has grown up behind compound walls in...

Lily Brett Ruth Rothwax, the heroine of Lily Brett's Too Many Men, which was hailed as "irresistible" (People) as well as "funny," "powerful," and "chilling" (O magazine), is back. The proprietor of...

Author: Joyce Carol Oates An epic novel of an American family in the 1950s proves the tender division between what is permissible and what is taboo, between ordinary life and...