FICTION
Released: May 21, 2013
"This novel, first published in Norway, was worth the wait."
Miller's affecting debut, about a cantankerous Jewish widower transplanted to Norway who becomes party to a hate crime, is an unusual hybrid: part memory novel, part police procedural, part sociopolitical tract and part existential meditation.
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FICTION
Released: May 21, 2013
"Top-notch effort in the first of a promising trilogy."
Ahmad debuts with a fast-paced literary thriller, shifting action from the desolate ice-clad Siachen glacier separating India and Pakistan to the posh environs of Martha's Vineyard.
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FICTION
Released: May 21, 2013
"Sparkling dialogue and warm characters make Kamali's debut novel perfect for book clubs."
Career, love, happiness--for Mina Rezayi, everything becomes a gently humorous negotiation between her Iranian heritage and her American hopes, between her mother and herself.
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FICTION
Released: May 21, 2013
"Bulawayo crafts a moving and open-eyed coming-of-age story."
A loosely concatenated novel in which Darling, the main character and narrator of the story, moves from her traditional life in Zimbabwe to a much less traditional one in the States.
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FICTION
Released: May 21, 2013
"A clever, well-conceived dual portrait that shows what connects and divides Cubans inside and outside of the island."
Fidel Castro contemplates his legacy at the end of his life while a disgruntled Cuban expat plots to hurry that end along.
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FICTION
Released: May 21, 2013
"The stories spill from Hosseini's bountiful imagination, but they compete against each other, denying the novel a catalyst; the result is a bloated, unwieldy work."
After two stellar novels set (mostly) in Kabul, Afghanistan, Hosseini's third tacks among Afghanistan, California, France and Greece to explore the effect of the Afghan diaspora on identity.
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FICTION
Released: May 21, 2013
"A sesquicentennial series volume worth a Civil War buff's attention."
Shaara (
A Blaze of Glory, 2012, etc.) continues to draw powerful novels from the bloody history of the Civil War, offering here an account of the siege of Vicksburg.
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FICTION
Released: May 21, 2013
"Grecian packs in almost more plot than a body can stand, but he presents with fine precision the gray and gritty atmosphere of late-Victorian England."
Scotland Yard inspector Walter Day, first introduced in Grecian's
The Yard (2012), returns to help solve a murder or two in the Black Country of the Midlands.
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FICTION
Released: May 16, 2013
"Another vivid adventure with a tumultuous historical backdrop--not to be missed by fans of pirates and naval strategy or by history buffs."
Captains courageous, ambitious and resolute do furious battle on the high seas in the midst of the French Revolution.
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FICTION
Released: May 15, 2013
"Probably won't make you smile, but it will certainly grab and hold your attention."
FICTION
Released: May 15, 2013
"A strong example of an uncommon type of historical fiction, appealing to readers who like to see guilt punished or forgiven."
Historical fiction, set in Rome in 1945 during the fraught post-war period. With many characters based on real figures, including Pope Pius XII, this book has elements of a thriller.
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FICTION
Released: May 14, 2013
"A powerful collection."
A treasure-trove of stories, from the very earliest she ever published, to work published posthumously, from the late, great Frame.
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