According to the Iceland Review, homegrown crime writing is topping the charts on the North Atlantic island. Arnaldur Indridason's latest novel Hardskafi has sold a whopping 30,000 copies--in a country of only 300,000. That's the fastest selling Icelandic book ever. (Ísafold says that "Arnaldur er í toppformi.") Indridason's earlier novel Jar City is the only … Continue reading What They’re Reading in Reykjavik
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Random House has announced that Salman Rushdie's next novel, The Enchantress of Florence, will be published on June 3.According to Publishers Weekly, "Florence is a historical novel based on seven years of research set in Renaissance Florence and the court of the Mughal Empire. Random House says the book mixes political intrigue and high drama, … Continue reading More Verses
The Portable Bookstore
Not only do have a great selection in-store and on-line, but we also sell books all over town--wherever there’s an event, or an author, or a gathering of booklovers that calls for booksellers, we can be there. Here’s a list of places where we’ll be selling books in February:Feb. 2: 6pm Hot Stove League Baseball … Continue reading The Portable Bookstore
Musings from Magers and Quinn 