Joshua Ferris' new book Then We Came to the End got a great review in the New York Times Book Review this weekend. It's a rave; they call the book "expansive, great-hearted and acidly funny." The NYTRB also posted the book's first chapter online.There's also a posting at Gawker.com in which Ferris takes a swipe … Continue reading The End is Just Beginning
Kelly Link Online
We now have Kelly Link’s first book of short stories, Stranger Things Happen, in stock alongside her more recent Magic for Beginners (the one The Independent describes as “weird, funny, sad, scary, moving, hip, ingeniously executed and brilliantly written stuff”). Stranger Things Happen is also available online for free. Yes, the book we’re offering for … Continue reading Kelly Link Online
Saint Who?
In honor of teatotalers and abstainers everywhere, I post this link to NPR's interview with Michael Lerner, author of Dry Manhattan, a history of the dark impulses behind Prohibition in New York City. Turns out, it wasn't just a move against alcohol.And in the interest of balance, I'll point out two titles on our shelves: … Continue reading Saint Who?
