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Published Mar 2016
Read ReviewsA deeply moving novel that follows a cast of characters as they negotiate one of Manhattan's swiftly changing neighborhoods, extreme weather, and the unease of twenty-first-century life.
by Lloyd Jones
Published Mar 2016
Read ReviewsPaint Your Wife is a colorful, sensual novel, brimming with rich stories and even richer characters.
by Janet Frame
Published Dec 2014
Read ReviewsA wonderful social satire, a send-up of the cult of the dead author, and - in the best tradition of Frame - a fascinating exploration of the complexity and the beauty of language.
The Unchangeable Spots of Leopards
by Kristopher Jansma
Published Feb 2014
Read ReviewsAn inventive and witty debut about a young man's quest to become a writer and the misadventures in life and love that take him around the globe
by Ayana Mathis
Published Oct 2013
Read ReviewsA debut of extraordinary distinction: through the trials of one unforgettable family, Ayana Mathis tells the story of the children of the Great Migration, a story of love and bitterness and the promise of a new America.
by Per Petterson
Published Sep 2013
Read ReviewsSometimes tender, sometimes brutal, It's Fine By Me is a brilliant novel from the acclaimed author of Out Stealing Horses and I Curse the River of Time.
by Tupelo Hassman
Published Feb 2013
Read ReviewsTupelo Hassmans Girlchild is a heart-stopping and original debut.
by Richard Ford
Published Jan 2013
Read ReviewsA true masterwork of haunting and spectacular vision from one of our greatest writers, Canada is a profound novel of boundaries traversed, innocence lost and reconciled, and the mysterious and consoling bonds of family.
by Michael Ondaatje
Published Jun 2012
Read ReviewsA spellbinding story - by turns poignant and electrifying - about the magical, often forbidden, discoveries of childhood and a lifelong journey that begins unexpectedly with a spectacular sea voyage.
by Chris Cleave
Published Feb 2010
Read ReviewsThe publishers "don't want to spoil" the story by giving too much away - so we won't - but in brief it features a young Nigerian orphan, a well-off British couple, and the real distances in a globalized world which can be crossed in single day. Published as The Other Hand in the UK, Australia and India; and Little Bee in the USA and Canada.
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