 | A comic novel about a middle-aged novelist and teacher of creative writing at a Pennsylvania college ("the shallow end of the academic pool"), whose failures and cynicism threaten to destroy him, until he finds solace and meaning in the love of his... |
 | This is the ninth in the series of Vachss's 'Burke' novels. Back in New York, Burke must decipher the conflicting stories of two cops regarding a police cover-up in a rape case while ducking trouble for his own illegal investments in the career of a... |
 | A fictionalized memoir of the author's childhood and maturity. Exley grew up the son of a football star, and as such grew up with a reverence for the sport that was both powerful and mythological. His role as fan--specifically, as a fan of the New... |
 | Spencer McCullough is a member of an extreme activist group, the Federation for Animal Liberation (FERAL). When he is accidentally shot and seriously wounded by his 12-year-old daughter, Charlotte, with a rifle that belongs to Spencer's... |
 | Chloe and her husband's tranquil life is undermined when their son Toby brings his girlfriend, a Croatian refuge, home from college. The darkly beautiful girl with her traumatic past seems ominous to Chloe, a feeling exacerbated by the Middle Eastern... |
 | Francis Crawford of Lymond, Dunnett's perennial hero, is in Malta to help the Knights Hospitallers defend the island against the marauding Turks. He discovers that he must contain the threat not only from outside, but from inside the ranks of the... |
 | William Faulkner's many hunting tales are gathered in this 1955 collection of short fiction. In most of his short stories, he further explores many of the themes and characters of his novels--all part of the continuing saga of Mississippi past and... |
 | A fictionalized memoir of the author's childhood and maturity. Exley grew up the son of a football star, and as such grew up with a reverence for the sport that was both powerful and mythological. His role as fan--specifically, as a fan of the New... |
 | Haruf's second novel, about a small-town football hero, is set in a small Colorado community. |
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