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When Johnny Came Marching Home
Billed as an historical mystery, Heffernan’s latest explores how three boys met the challenges of a catastrophic war and the…
God Carlos
God Carlos is the story of a 16th-century Spanish seaman who sails to Jamaica. He participates in the common practice…
Cervantes Street
This novel takes the biography of the creator of Don Quixote as the starting point for a tale of love…
A Mind of Winter
Oscar Harcourt is an enigmatic English art collector living on an opulent estate on Long Island, six years and thousands…
The Mercury Fountain
This is an amazing book. Factor’s writing bumps up against magical realism time and again in the most wonderful way…
Gathering of Waters
We often imagine what it would be like if a place could talk, be a witness to historical events. Bernice…
Wingshooters
Editors' choice
Every once in a while, a book reminds me that literature is more than plot and character, sentences and words.…
Black Orchid Blues
The title says it all. Black Orchid Blues is the sad, sweet sound of a mellow saxophone wafting around the…
The Price of Escape
Samuel Berkow’s life has been completely overturned. Once a successful businessman in Hamburg, middle-aged Samuel flees to Guatemala to escape…
The Show That Smells
Jimmie Rodgers, Carrie Rodgers, Elsa Schiaparelli, Lon Chaney, Coco Chanel, the Carter Family, and the reader in a mirror maze.…
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