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  • The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry
    The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry: A Novel
    Gabrielle Zevin
    Paperback: 12/02/2014
     
    As surprising as it is moving, The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry is an unforgettable tale of transformation and ...
  • Love Is a Canoe
    Love Is a Canoe
    Ben Schrank
    Paperback: 01/07/2014
     
    In Love Is a Canoe, Ben Schrank delivers a smart, funny, romantic, and hugely satisfying novel about the ...
  • The Marriage Plot
    The Marriage Plot: A Novel
    Jeffrey Eugenides
    Paperback: 09/04/2012
     
    With devastating wit and an abiding understanding of and affection for his characters, Jeffrey Eugenides ...
  • Firmin
    Firmin
    Sam Savage
    Paperback: 01/01/2009
     
    Firmin is a rat born in a book (a shredded copy of Finneggans Wake), who finds the books he consumes also ...
  • An Arsonist's Guide to Writers' Homes in New England
    An Arsonist's Guide to Writers' Homes in New England: A Novel
    Brock Clarke
    Paperback: 09/02/2008
     
    As a teenager, Sam Pulsifer's accidentally torches an American landmark, and killed two people in the blaze. ...
  • The Dante Club
    The Dante Club
    Matthew Pearl
    Paperback: 02/01/2004
     
    A magnificent blend of fact and fiction, a brilliantly realized paean to Dante's continued grip on our ...

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