Robert Merivel, who has studied to be a physician, is appointed, ironically, to be veterinarian for the spaniels of King Charles II, who has recently been restored to the throne following the death of Oliver Cromwell. Merivel enjoys the gaiety...
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“Has it ever occurred to you, Johann; the fact that we’re fighting on the wrong side?”
Austria, 1938
On the verge of the most devastating war of all times, four young men found themselves sharing a room in a flying school dormitory. A...
Portrait of a Husband with the Ashes of His Wife addresses themes of destiny and the repercussions of our choices. Before she dies, actress Alma Joncas instructs her husband to bury her ashes where she was happiest. He decides that was their garden....
Robert Lopez has collected 29 short stories running from the very short on up to efforts that might be considered standard story length, plus a novella in shorts to close out the book. Like his previous works, Asunder is a study in the usage of...
Jonas Wergeland has been convicted of the murder of his wife Margrete. What brought Norway's darling to this end? A professor has been set the task of writing a biography of the once celebrated, now notorious, television personality; in doing so he...
Bedbound in her attic room beneath the falling rain, in the margin between this world and the next, Plain Ruth Swain is in search of her father. To find him, enfolded in the mystery of ancestors, Ruthie must first trace the jutting jaw lines,...
In this set of novellas, a few facts are constant. Sergio is a young intellectual, poor and proud of his new membership in the Communist Party. Maurizio is handsome, rich, successful with women, and morally ambiguous. Sergio’s young, sensual...
Lynne Tillman’s previous novels have won her both popular approval and critical praise from such literary heavyweights as Edmund White and Colm Tóibín. With American Genius, her first novel since 1998's No Lease on Life,...
Dora: A Headcase is a contemporary coming-of-age story based on Freud’s famous case study — retold and revamped through Dora's point of view, with shotgun blasts of dark humor and sexual play.
Ida needs a shrink. . or so her...