This debut novel defies genres while delivering humor and oddball characters. In "The Facades", fabulist author Eric Lundgren has created an imaginary urban environment that includes a missing opera singer, an evangelist preacher, and a... Read More

This complex and thoroughly satisfying book tells of a time when womanhood was repressed, yet the repository of wisdom and secret knowledge gave them dignity. Diane Lefer has dipped her pen in fire to create the story of a brilliant,... Read More

Skilled writer Van Kirk depicts the world of an aging rock star by alternating between soft reminiscence and gritty action. In "Song for Chance", John Van Kirk has combined external vibrancy with thought-provoking introspection,... Read More

A wide range of settings, deeply introspective characters, and dramatic plots reveal the powerful skills of this young writer. A young writer’s imaginative powers are amply displayed in this debut short story collection. These stories... Read More

The constant presence of the past adds intrigue to this part travelogue, part detective novel, set in Italy. Posing as an American buyer of antiquities to help the Italian police bust a ring of thieves, translator Rick Montoya finds... Read More

This novel exposes the battle between moral restraint and emotional expression. Overshadowed by a powerful wife, a man puts his writing career on hold, relocates to Brussels at her request, and then engages in a passionate affair with... Read More

Narrator Eva tells her story with bold determination and a brashly cynical voice that juxtaposes luminously the compassionate message of the novel. Paula Huston’s lush language, flowing dialogue, and the protagonist’s fresh narrative... Read More

Mental hospital where Zelda Fitzgerald spent her last days provides real-life backdrop to tale of lust among the lost … and shock therapy. Highland, “a famous, progressive hospital” in Asheville, North Carolina, the setting for... Read More