Commissario Guido Brunetti's fourteenth case may be his best yet. Kirkus Reviews (starred review)On a
cold Venetian night shortly before Christmas, a street vendor is killed in a scuffle in Campo San Stefano. The closest witnesses to the event are ...
Jacket description.back: In all of Pinter's plays, seemingly ordinary events become charged with profound, if
elusive, meaning, haunting pathos, and wild comedy. In The Caretaker, a tramp finds lodging in the derelict house of two brothers; in The Dumbwaiter, a ...
Late one night, Brunetti is called away from dinner to investigate the death of a
widow in her modest apartment. Though there are some signs of a struggle, the medical examiner rules that she died of a heart attack. It ...
At the start of Earthly Remains, Commissario Guido Brunetti, confronted once more by someone of
privilege avoiding censure, loses patience at work, and in the aftermath realizes that he needs a break and is granted leave from the Questura. His ...
A New York Times Editors’ Choice“The spirit of Eudora Welty broods over these adroitly crafted
stories set in and around coastal Alabama, evoking a world coiled tight as a conch shell.” O Magazine“Impressive...Knight pays careful, writerly attention to the details ...
In this dazzling premier collection, Leni Zumas shines a bright light into the far corners
of a dark, dreamlike America populated by a cast of characters on the brink of survival. With the Gothic style of Flannery O’Connor, the urgent ...
NATIONAL BESTSELLERWINNER OF THE BOOKER PRIZE“A must-read about modern Britain and womanhood . . .
An impressive, fierce novel about the lives of black British families, their struggles, pains, laughter, longings and loves . . . Her style is passionate, ...
A nation defined by tradition and built on expansion, Britain now has more languages spoken
within its capital than any other city in the world.Recently, Granta has explored Chicago, Pakistan and the world of Spanish-language letters. In this bold, eclectic ...