"Insightful, rueful, and often humorous, this collection holds a mirror to contemporary life and gives the reader much to reflect on."
In these 44 stories and a novella, Orner (Underground America, 2017, etc.) concentrates on small perceptual moments, especially those involving knotty problems in relationships.
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"Altogether satisfying. Mix Alan Furst and André Aciman, and you'll have a feel for the territory in which this well-plotted book falls."
An elegant, meditative novelistic reconstruction of critical years in the life of Varian Fry, the American classicist who is honored at Yad Vashem as "righteous among the nations" for his work rescuing victims of the Holocaust.
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"A strange, shape-shifting novel about the power of making your own family."
Oyeyemi (What Is Not Yours Is Not Yours, 2016, etc.) returns to the land of fairy tales in a novel that riffs on "Hansel and Gretel" without demonstrating much concern for following its well-worn trail of breadcrumbs.
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"An unusual, cleverly constructed thriller that is also a deep dive into the culture of a place many Americans have probably never heard of, illuminating issues of race, culture, sexual attraction, and the transition from the U.S.S.R. to post-Soviet Russia."
A year in the lives of women and girls on an isolated peninsula in northeastern Russia opens with a chilling crime.
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"Spooky, witty, and observant, Racculia's novel of friendship and bigger-than-life aspirations is a treasure."
A motley crew of Bostonians seeks an eccentric millionaire's fortune in an epic, citywide treasure hunt that kicks off after his untimely death.
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"Robotham is a master plotter at the top of his form, and readers will surely hope to see more of his complicated new characters."
Troubled psychologist Cyrus Haven has to evaluate a girl without a past while finding out who killed a rising young figure skater.
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