“Some fine writer . . . Waugh rewired for the 80s.”—Raymond Sokolov, The Wall Street Journal? “She has a gift.”—Los Angeles Times? “Impressive.”—Chicago Tribune? “Her stories will do more than a score
Erin Mulcahy's plans of going away to art school are put on hold after her older sister, Meghan, a single mother with two children, return to their home town of Butte, Montana.
“Townsend’s wickedly funny novels are another reason to be grateful for the right of free speech.”—San Francisco Chronicle? “Townsend is [a] comic genius.”—The Village Voice (a Top Shelf selection) ?
“This book has got it all—an instant classic.”—Lee Child, author of The Hard Way “A tale as tight as a drum. Doesn’t get any better than this.”—Mary-Ann Tirone Smith, author of the Poppy Rice mysterie
Ken, a Japanese man raised in Hawaii, tells his story to his cellmate Cal, a white formerly racist tattoo artist who lost his voice when his throat was cut in a prison fight and who has become a trust
In November of 1942 the Allies are poised to liberate Algeria from the Vichy French regime, a client state of Nazi Germany. This, it is hoped, will squeeze Rommel's Africa Korps between two forces an
"Clever and witty."—Chicago Tribune"The writing is offbeat, achieving the trick of seeming at once grounded and untethered. . . . Elemental acuity and the burlesque combine here to delicious
