Docherty is a survivor of an impoverished life of hardship in the Scottish town of Graithnock. Conn is the son in whom he invests all hope for a far different future. Docherty may dream of escape, but he emerges as an unelected leader. This novel...
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Поэма, написанная дореволюционным поэтом-каламбуристом в ссылке. Альтернативная история серебряного века, где восстание мертвецов...
Eliza travels to Sydney to deal with the estate of her Aunt Dodge, and finds Maxine occupying Dodge's apartment. Soon enough, the young women's lives are consumed by absurd legal complications, as well as their own mounting boredom and squalor. Not...
Dodgers is a dark, unforgettable coming-of-age journey that recalls the very best of Richard Price, Denis Johnson, and J.D. Salinger.
It is the story of a young LA gang member named East, who is sent by his uncle along with some other teenage...
Set in an archly comedic, alternate-reality Indianapolis that is completely overrun by Big Pharma, James Tadd Adcox's debut novel chronicles Robert and Viola's attempts to overcome loss through the miracles of modern pharmaceuticals. Their marriage...
In the tradition of Richard Ford, Annie Proulx, and Kent Haruf comes a dazzling debut story collection by a young writer from the American West who has been published in The New Yorker, Granta, and The Best American Short Stories.
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In Saigon during the waning days of the Vietnam War, a small-time journalist named John Converse thinks he’ll find action — and profit — by getting involved in a big-time drug deal. But back in the States, things go horribly wrong for him.
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A breakthrough novel from the acclaimed young American writer
Boris Leonidovich, a North American professor who specializes in the history of prison architecture, has been invited to Buenos Aires for an academic conference. He’s planning to...
我觉得前卫。国内人说起前卫可能还停留在“酒吧，奇装异服，性，时尚”之类的，我觉得这里的“前卫”与否，是指一 种说故事的风格，写作潮流。用英文讲，《狗爸爸》是有点“new...
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