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In his triumphant new novel, Ian McEwan, the bestselling author of Atonement, follows an ordinary man through a Saturday whose high promise gradually turns nightmarish. Henry Perowne – a neurosurgeon, urbane, privileged, deeply in love with his wife and grown-up children – plans to play a game of squash, visit his elderly mother, and cook […]
The novels narrator, Stevens, is a perfect English butler who tries to give his narrow existence form and meaning through the self-effacing, almost mystical practice of his profession. In a career that spans the second World War, Stevens is oblivious of the real life that goes on around him — oblivious, for instance, of the […]
In their youth, Florentino Ariza and Fermino Daza fall passionately in love. When Fermina eventually chooses to marry a wealthy, well-born doctor, Florentino is devastated, but he is a romantic. As he rises in his business career he whiles away the years in 622 affairs–yet he reserves his heart for Fermina. Her husband dies at […]
In Nick Hornbys How to Be Good, Katie Carr is certainly trying to be. Thats why she became a GP. Thats why she cares about Third World debt and homelessness, and struggles to raise her children with a conscience. Its also why she puts up with her husband David, the self-styled Angriest Man in Holloway. […]
“God, he was a smart kid…” So why did Christopher McCandless trade a bright future–a college education, material comfort, uncommon ability and charm–for death by starvation in an abandoned bus in the woods of Alaska? This is the question that Jon Krakauers book tries to answer. While it doesnt??cannot??answer the question with certainty, Into the […]
Tarmon Gaidon, the Last Battle, looms. And mankind is not ready. Rand al¨«Thor struggles to unite a fractured network of kingdoms and alliances in preparation for the Last Battle, as his allies watch in terror the shadow that seems to be growing within the heart of the Dragon Reborn himself. Egwene al¨«Vere is a captive […]
Maggie Concannon is a glassmaker whose exquisite works are more than mere objects of beauty: they are reflections of her own true nature. One man has seen the soul in her art, and vows to help this complex woman build a lucrative career. When gallery owner Rogan Sweeney comes to Maggies isolated studio, her heart […]