Every man, and every community, has its breaking point. This is the arresting and powerful idea which is examined by William P. McGivern in his new novel, Savage Streets. The suburban development of Faircrest had seemed a model of contemporary...
Winner of the Whitbread Prize for Best First Novel.
Agnes Day is mildly discontent. As a child, she never wanted to be an Agnes — she wanted to be a pleasing Grace. Alas, she remained the terminally middle class, hopelessly romantic...
"Say, Cut, Map stakes out a literary terrain that so far has no name. Its constantly shifting cartography is made up of severed hands, premature burials, hospital wards, and fragile families. This novel of compounding mysteries redraws itself...
L’histoire, les histoires plutôt ici narrées se déroulent à Paris au beau milieu du XIXè siècle, à la même époque et dans les mêmes endroits que la seconde partie des «Misérables» de Victor...
L'auteur est connu pour les «Scènes de la vie de bohème», roman qui inspira à Puccini son opéra «la Bohème». C'est le même thème qui est traité dans les «Scènes de la vie de jeunesse». Beaucoup de...
Tina Bender is the gossip columnist at the infamous L.A. Informer tabloid. She knows everything about everyone who's anyone. And she's not afraid to print it. That is, until she receives a threatening note, promising, "If you don't stop writing...
Esta novela se desarrolla en la la Francia de los Borbones., Andr?-Louis Moreau, un abogado ve como su amigo el seminarista Phillippe de Vilmorin, muere a consecuencia de un duelo injusto con el mejor espadach?n de Francia, el Marques de LaTour...
The Barnes & Noble Review
Following the international success of Tara Road, Maeve Binchy offers Scarlet Feather, an enchanting and richly plotted new tale of family, friendship, honesty, and deception. This time out, the beloved author sets her...