Previews (18 Listed volumes)
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Michel Bussi
The Double Mother
From the author of the “wonderfully ingenious” (Marilyn Stasio, New York Times Book Review) novel After The Crash comes a brilliant work of deception that dives deep into the psyche of a child and cruel game of manipulating a person’s memory. -
Elena Ferrante
Incidental Inventions
“This is my last column, after a year that has scared and inspired me.” -
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Sylvain Tesson
Berezina
Take four friends, put them on two Ural motorcycles (complete with sidecars), send them off on a 2,500-mile odyssey retracing history’s most famous retreat, add what some might consider an excessive amount of Vodka, and you’vegot Sylvain Tesson’s Berezina, a riotous and erudite book that combines... -
Marco Malvaldi
The Measure of a Man
Five hundred years after Leonardo’s death, Marco Malvaldi combines literature, science, history, and mystery to bring back to life one of the greatest figures of the Renaissance. -
Mahir Guven
Older Brother
Older Brother is the poignant story of a Franco-Syrian family whose father and two sons try to integrate themselves into a society that doesn’t offer them many opportunities. -
Helena Janeczek
The Girl with the Leica
The Girl with the Leica is a must-read for fans of historical fiction centered on extraordinary women’s lives. -
Andrea Marcolongo
The Ingenious Language
For word nerds, language loons, and grammar geeks, an impassioned and informative literary leap into the wonders of the Greek language. -
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Liam McIlvanney
The Quaker
It is 1969 and Glasgow is in the grip of the worst winter in decades. But it’s not the weather that has Glaswegians on edge: a serial killer is on the loose. He’s been dubbed The Quaker. He leaves no clues, he moves in the shadows, and the investigation into his crimes has led police down one blind...