FICTION
Released: May 24, 2011
"Bluntly powerful but deeply nuanced stories from a unique voice in American fiction."
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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FICTION
Released: May 12, 2011
"Sure, Block's written stronger mysteries. But this lonesome, wintry, compassionate tale is guaranteed to get under your skin, and make you thirsty to boot."
Matthew Scudder looks back at his first year off the sauce to recall that making amends can be murder.
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FICTION
Released: May 5, 2011
"Beneath the sky-high body count, the twisty plot is powered by Perry's relentless focus on the question of where the next threat is coming from and how to survive it."
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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FICTION
Released: May 1, 2011
"A quirky, imaginative, dazzling black comedy."
Vada Prickett is dying, pinned under a stupendous stuffed bear, thinking about his short life and a fond-of-puns God enjoying the "Moon over My Hammy" breakfast at the local Denny's.
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FICTION
Released: May 1, 2011
"A masterful wide-angle portrait of an Iowa family over three decades."
In Thompson's unforgettable, offbeat novel, an extended Iowa family struggles for emotional and economic stability over three decades, beginning with a modest Lutheran wedding in 1983 and ending with a bittersweet homecoming.
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FICTION
Released: May 1, 2011
"A totally unnecessary endeavor, but an enjoyable and powerful one nonetheless."
An acclaimed modern sci-fi writer adds depth and unexpected poignancy to a "reboot" of H. Beam Piper's classic 1962 novel
Little Fuzzy.
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