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The Dark Monk
In the dead of winter in a 17th-century Bavarian village, a priest discovers he’s been poisoned. The village executioner, his…
Manual of Painting and Calligraphy
This early novel by Saramago, available in translation in the U.S. for the first time, is the perfect companion publication…
Small Memories
The title of this delightful book says it all: brief snippets of Saramago’s early life in Portugal, from his earliest…
Elizabeth Street: A Novel Based on True Events
Giovanna Costa is an amazing character whose life from 1890 through the 1900s is one of struggling, but finding peace…
The Seamstress of Hollywood Boulevard
There’s little room for creativity in Mercer County, Kansas at the turn of the 20th century. The stress and hardship…
The Sealed Letter
Based upon the events surrounding an actual, scandalous, and well-documented 1864 London divorce trial, Donoghue’s newest novel explores the disparate…
Murder at Deviation Junction
In this fourth in a series featuring railway detective Jim Stringer, the harsh British winter of 1909 can be felt…
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