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Known to millions as the preeminent swashbuckler of the silver screen, Errol Flynn was a complex man who lived a life far more adventurous than any of his films.

Professor Jack Gladney teaches Hitler studies at a small liberal arts college in rural New York…

The story about the piano teacher has stayed and will stay with me for a while…

a collection of reality-blended fictional picaresque essays that only Patti Smith can write… totally my jam

explores the changing relationship between art and power in a materialist America. This theme is addressed through the contrasting careers of two writers…

Close readings of a selection of Russian short stories

Tod T. Friendly has a secret.

Papanek examines the attempts by designers to combat the tawdry, the unsafe, and the frivolous.

As a sportswriter, Frank Bascombe makes his living studying people—men, mostly—who live entirely within themselves.

Readers as diverse as TS Eliot and Lou Reed appreciated Delmore Schwartz's work.

a complex and introspective novel that combines elements of magical realism,

his third collection of stories and a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize

The theme of colonial imposition is central to the novel

The invention of morel La invención de Morel (1940) — translated as The Invention of Morel or Morel’s Invention — is a novel by Argentine writer Adolfo Bioy Casares. It was Bioy Casares’ breakthrough effort, for which he won the 1941 First Municipal Prize for Literature of the City of Buenos Aires. He considered it the true beginning of his literary career, despite being his seventh book. The first edition cover artist was Norah Borges (see below), sister of Bioy...

a grumpy and solitary old man who finds unexpected connections and purpose in life

published in 2007, this book presents all of Barthelme’s previously unpublished

In The Plains, Murnane explores how the landowning families of the plains have preserved a rich and distinctive culture.

William Boyd's Love is Blind follows the life of Brodie Moncur, a young Scottish

follows the bizarre misadventures of Major Kovalyov and his missing nose

With a murder at its heart, The Skating Rink is, among other things, a crime

follows Moll Robbins, a New York City journalist trailing the activities

The novel takes place during and after the death of Abraham Lincoln's son William "Willie" Wallace Lincoln and deals with the president's grief at his loss. The bulk of the novel takes place throughout a single evening.

The essays in Impossible Owls go beyond simply chronicling some of the modern world’s most uncanny, unbelievable, and spectacular oddities.

the novelistic equivalent of abstract painting

Delves into the history and culture of train hopping. Excellent writing.

The story takes place in France, Italy, and islands in the Mediterranean

The prologue of _Underworld_ is a fictionalized account of The Shot Heard

Knausgaard reflects on his strained relationship with his father, who is

A classic science fiction novel by H.G. Wells published in 1895.

The book is a deeply introspective and honest exploration of Knausgaard's personal life, relationships, and struggles.