The Ninth Hour
: A Novel
by Alice McDermott
Hardcover: Sep 2017
Paperback: Sep 2018
Rendered with remarkable lucidity and intelligence, Alice McDermott's The Ninth Hour is a crowning achievement of one of the finest American writers at work today
The story of a family falling apart, told in the vivid voices of its comatose son and Dr. Dannachet as he is drawn into the family's circle. Full of astonishing twists and turns, this is a masterful tale of the secrets the human mind can hide.
The Nix
by Nathan Hill
Hardcover: Aug 2016
Paperback: May 2017
A hilarious and deeply touching debut novel about a son, the mother who left him as a child, and how his search to uncover the secrets of her life leads him to reclaim his own.
Precious Ramotswe has only just set up shop as Botswana's No.1 (and only) lady detective when she is hired to track down a missing husband, uncover a con man, and follow a wayward daughter. However, the case that tugs at her heart, and lands her in ...
The Noise of Time
by Julian Barnes
Hardcover: May 2016
Paperback: Jun 2017
A compact masterpiece dedicated to the Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich: Julian Barnes's first novel since his best-selling, Man Booker Prizewinning The Sense of an Ending
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