20th Century
Pinnick Kinnick Hill: An American Story
A first-person narrative written by the American-born son of an immigrant from Asturias, in the north of Spain, Pinnick Kinnick…
A Call to Colors
Gobbell’s novel is a surprising mix of traditional World War II sea combat and a view of wartime California’s railway…
The Secret
In 1944, when Jaime Gray is killed in an air raid, life is turned upside down for his wife, Ailsa,…
The Saffron Kitchen
“‘And what does my father believe?’ Ali frowned. ‘Tradition, I suppose.’ ‘In spite of all its blood and misery?… As…
The Moldavian Pimp
In present-day Buenos Aires, the narrator, a journalism student, begins a dissertation about early 20th century Yiddish theatre. He finds…
Lachlan’s War
Usually I am allergic to novels like this, in which the story is told in the present tense. The technique…
The Commander
“Wanted, one Gentleman Husband.” When Julia O’Shea publishes an ad for a man to end her widowhood, she has not…
Next of Kin
This novel is set in 1936 at a time when the nation was shaken by the scandal of Edward VIII’s…
The Lightning Rule
In Newark, 1967, Detective Martin Emmett has been consigned to the basement of his precinct, filing records as punishment for…
Openwork
Using the image of close needlework – where patterns are formed by holes in the cloth – Bernardi tells a…
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