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by Jim Gavin
Published Feb 2014
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by Chad Harbach
Published May 2012
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by Pete Hamill
Published Jun 2008
Read ReviewsRecreating 1930s New York with the vibrancy and rich detail that are his trademarks, Pete Hamill weaves a story of honor, family, and one man's simple courage that no reader will soon forget.
by Tom Bissell
Published Mar 2008
Read ReviewsOpening with a gripping account of the chaotic and brutal last month of the war, The Father of All Things is Tom Bissells powerful reckoning with the Vietnam War and its impact on his father, his country, and Vietnam itself.
by Adam Langer
Published May 2005
Read ReviewsPoignant, ambitious, and tremendously fun, Crossing California is a novel about two generations of family and friendship; set in Chicago, from November 1979 through January 1981.
by Jonathan Lethem
Published Aug 2004
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by Nick Hornby
Published Apr 2002
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The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay
by Michael Chabon
Published Aug 2001
Read ReviewsA serious but never solemn novel about the American comic book's Golden Age, from the late 1930's to the early 1950s. 2001 Pulitzer Prize Winner for Fiction.
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