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The Bitter Roots
Anticipating the historical fiction of Ivan Doig and Ken Kesey, Macleod vividly immerses the reader in the adolescent angst of one young man, and of a nation.
Game Without Rules
A clever marriage of the cold unease of Le Carré and the cozy charm of Christie, these highly addictive tales of intrigue will appeal to a wide range of readers; here’s hoping the duo’s other collection, Mr. Calder and Mr. Behrens, gets reprinted soon.
Black Easter
Updating the earnest spiritual fantasy of Charles Williams and C.S. Lewis, Blish conjures a startlingly effective hellscape worthy of Hieronymus Bosch.
Weights and Measures
Roth’s psychological insight and complex moral vision, deftly captured in David Le Vay’s graceful 1982 translation, are distilled in this pitiable, poetic tragedy, which proceeds with the grim logic and economy of a fairy tale.
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Gentleman Jigger: A Novel of the Harlem Renaissance
Decades ahead of its time, this taboo-defying work of unproblematized queer Black identity is less successful as a novel than as a front-row seat to a momentous era, spent in the vibrant company of a truly original iconoclast.
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Office Politics
With a pitch-perfect ear for inner and outer dialogue and a searching wit as hilarious as it is humane, Sheed illuminates the dingiest and most discomfiting corners of that curious home away from home known as the office.
‘Men of Maize’ by Miguel Ángel Asturias | LJ Review of the Day
An extraordinary, incomparable work of world literature that requires and rewards multiple readings.
‘The Fortunate Fall’ by Cameron Reed | LJ Review of the Day
“Warm and human even as it’s post human,” as Jo Walton observes in her introduction, Reed’s remarkable debut skillfully blends mind-bending speculation with riveting intrigue, alluring romance and harrowing drama, set in a prescient de-souled future.
On Strike Against God
Vitriolic, vulnerable, polemical and devastatingly funny, Russ’s uncompromising tour de force bristles with trenchant truth-telling that will make it a life-changing encounter for many readers. Essential.
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