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IN THIS LIGHT
New & Selected Stories
Pub Date: May 24, 2011
An unsettling group portrait of victimized young women whose survival on the margins of American life is its own best, or worst, reward.
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A DROP OF THE HARD STUFF
Pub Date: May 12, 2011
Matthew Scudder looks back at his first year off the sauce to recall that making amends can be murder.
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THE INFORMANT
Pub Date: May 5, 2011
Twenty years after a trio of lowlifes forced him out of retirement (Sleeping Dogs, 1992, etc.), the Butcher's Boy is back.
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THE LAKE
Pub Date: May 1, 2011
The simplicity of this elliptical novel's form and expression belies its emotional depth.
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A MOMENT IN THE SUN
Pub Date: May 1, 2011
Noted novelist/director Sayles (Union Dues, 2005, etc.) turns in an epic of Manifest Destiny--and crossed destinies--so sweeping and vast that even he would have trouble filming it.
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PULSE
Pub Date: May 1, 2011
Elegance and versatility--those familiar Barnes strengths define this latest story collection from the distinguished British author.
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