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Muriel Barbery
The Life of Elves
Muriel Barbery's new novel is the first of two books about Maria and Clara, unforgettable heroines of a world facing annihilation. Animated by a large cast of endearing characters, it is a timeless story about the forces of good and evil and a moving meditation on the power of nature, music, art, storytelling,... -
Sathnam Sanghera
Marriage Material
Sathnam Sanghera's debut novel is a luminous exploration of the life of an immigrant family in the UK, layering the contemporary story of a young man caught between British and Punjabi culture, the history of his family, and the new life he's made for himself. -
Fariba Hachtroudi
The Man Who Snapped His Fingers
Winner of the 2001 French Human Rights Prize, French-Iranian author Fariba Hachtroudi's English-language debut explores themes as old as time: the crushing effects of totalitarianism and the infinite power of love. -
Joe Flanagan
Lesser Evils
In a reimagined 1957 Cape Cod, the mystifying murder of a local child brings us into a world of intrigue that culminates in a conclusion both surprising and deeply moving. -
Maurizio de Giovanni
The Bastards of Pizzofalcone
A new series of hardboiled crime fiction set in contemporary Naples by the author of the internationally bestselling Commissario Ricciardi series. -
Amara Lakhous
The Prank of the Good Little Virgin of Via Ormea
In an Italy of the future, colorful characters are portrayed in limpid but lively prose. Bittersweet, like any self-respecting Italian comedy, The Hoax is a Pirandellian exploration of identity in today's multicultural, polyglot societies. -
Tim Baker
Fever City
1960s Los Angeles: a detective searches for the kidnapped child of one of America's richest men, while a notorious hit man's story unfolds in the days before JFK's murder. Both are caught in an increasingly complex web, while a modern journalist discovers that the era's conspiracy theories just might... -
Robert Wilson
Stealing People
In the latest entry in Robert Wilson’s acclaimed Charlie Boxer series, a convincing web of international intrigue unravels in a world where heroism may breed vice and virtue is an accidental byproduct of crime.
