Gorky Park by Martin Cruz Smith

With his vintage novel Gorky Park, Martin Cruz Smith captures the gray, soulless behemoth that was the once mighty Soviet Continue reading →

Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward

The Batiste family exists on the edge of despair: nothing works, nothing goes right. The mother dies in childbirth, leaving Continue reading →

The Worst Hard Time by Timothy Egan

 For many, the Dust Bowl era is forever linked with John Steinbeck’s Grapes of Wrath and his riveting story of the Joads, Continue reading →