Nobody ever told Marvin Mackleschmidt that becoming an interplanetary pilot would be easy. It’s even tougher, however, however, when you’re a little bit chicken. The kind of chicken that wears feathers and clucks, that is. When disaster strikes...
Winner of the 2011 Flaherty-Dunnan First Novel Prize
Lamb traces the self-discovery of David Lamb, a narcissistic middle aged man with a tendency toward dishonesty, in the weeks following the disintegration of his marriage and the death of...
The birth of Jesus has been well chronicled, as have his glorious teachings, acts, and divine sacrifice after his thirtieth birthday. But no one knows about the early life of the Son of God, the missing years — except Biff.
Ever since the day...
“A modern knight-errant on a quest after evil; grotesque, convincing and chilling.” —The New York Times Book Review
Fed up with the excesses of the 1970s, Lancelot Andrews Lamar, a liberal lawyer and distinguished member of the New...
From the national bestselling author of Whistling in the Dark comes another funny, poignant, unforgettable story.
The summer Gibby McGraw catches her big break, the cicadas are humming, and it's so warm even the...
Barry Unsworth, a writer with an “almost magical capacity for literary time travel” (New York Times Book Review) has the extraordinary ability to re-create the past and make it relevant to contemporary readers. In Land of Marvels, a thriller set...
Nach "Shanghai fern von wo" geht Ursula Krechel noch einmal den Spuren deutscher Geschichte nach. Ihr neuer Roman handelt vom Exil und von den fünfziger Jahren, von einer Rückkehr ohne Ankunft.Was muss einer fürchten, was darf einer hoffen, der...