Brooklyn by Colm Toibin

Brooklyn is a trifecta of a novel. In telling the tale of Eilis Lacey’s journey from Ireland to America, Colm Continue reading →

Swann’s Lake of Despair by Charles Salzberg

Henry Swann is back. Both smart and smart talking, he embodies the voice and spirit of the classic hardboiled detective, Continue reading →

The Last of Her Kind by Sigrid Nunez

Nunez’s novel tells the story of two complex women, opposites in every way, who meet as college roommates and whose Continue reading →

Swann Dives In by Charles Salzberg

Henry Swann is the quintessential, old-style detective (though he eschews the title and owns only to “skip tracer”); he’s sassy Continue reading →