Searing. Explosive. Lyrical. Compassionate. Here is the astonishing new novel by the Man Booker Prize–winning author of The White Tiger, a book that took rage and anger at injustice and turned it into a thrilling murder story. Now, with the same fearlessness and insight, Aravind Adiga broadens his canvas to give us a riveting story of money and power, luxury and deprivation, set in the booming city of Mumbai.
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From a National Book Critics Circle Award winner, a brilliantly conceived and illuminating reconsideration of a key period in the life of Ernest Hemingway that will forever change the way he is perceived and understood.
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An enthralling, deeply moving memoir from one of our foremost American war correspondents.
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One. Two. Three. That’s all it takes to drive the nail into her head, to leave her hanging on the wall. She deserved to die. Now all he needs is absolution for his sins, and he knows just the people who can help.
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Harry Belafonte is not just one of the greatest entertainers of our time; he has led one of the great American lives of the last century. Now, this extraordinary icon tells us the story of that life, giving us its full breadth, letting us share in the struggles, the tragedies, and, most of all, the inspiring triumphs.
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Roald Amundsen, “the last of the Vikings,” left his mark on the Heroic Era as one of the most successful polar explorers ever.
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From the author of Hostage to Fortune; The Letters of Joseph P. Kennedy (”Superb” —Michael Beschloss; “Remarkable” —Arthur Schlesinger), the galvanizing story of Eleanor Medill (Cissy) Patterson, celebrated debutante and socialte, scion of the Chicago Tribune empire, and the twentieth century’s first woman editor in chief and publisher of a major metropolitan daily newspaper, the Washington Times-Herald.
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A genre-bending collection of prose poems from Pulitzer Prize–winner Franz Wright brings us surreal tales of childhood, adolescence, and adult awareness, moving from the gorgeous to the shocking to a sense of peace. Wright’s most intimate thoughts and images appear before us in dramatic and spectral short narratives: mesmerizing poems whose colloquial sound and rhythms announce a new path for this luminous and masterful poet.
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Stop what you’re doing and watch the brand new trailer for Haruki Murakami’s hotly-anticipated new novel, 1Q84, which hits stores on October 25th. After you watch, head on over to Facebook to read the first chapter. And please remember…things are not what they seem.
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We’ve got a special treat for anyone who becomes (or is already!) a fan of Haruki Murakami on Facebook – early access to Chapter 1 of his upcoming novel, 1Q84, which hits stores on October 25th! Click here to get a taste of this imaginative new work.
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