In Michelle de Kretser’s "The Life to Come", lives intersect, entwine, or separate within distinct yet unified passages. The general nexus being Australia, backdrops shift... Read More

A sophisticated and complex work, this debut reconsiders the coming-of-age story for the twenty-first century. In his debut novel, Simeon Marsalis uses a complex structure to... Read More

In "Beyond the High Blue Air", Lu Spinney confronts every mother’s worst nightmare and boldly searches the meaning of life and death. Spinney’s adult son Miles suffers a... Read More

Southern music and keen observations move the teenage protagonist toward adulthood in this thoughtful book. James Kelman’s "Dirt Road" is the story of a talented but... Read More