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From the author of The Mercy Seat and Fire in Beulah comes a new collection of six stories troubled by ghosts that linger in our present moment.

A moving and original debut novel. Observant, warm, and extraordinary. "There is an other-worldly quality about the Abrolhos which is beyond the reach of ordinary storytelling.

From one of America's greatest men of letters, our sublime master of manners, comes his novel, Her Infinite Variety.

It is 1938 and the prospect of war hangs over every London inhabitant. But the city doesn't stop.

As a young parish priest, Father Christopher has heard many confessions, but his own tale is more astounding than any revelation he has ever encountered in the confessional - for Chris was once a p

Chloé sillonne en skateboard les rues désertes d’une basse-ville de Québec confinée.

Growing up in Kenya in the early twentieth century, the brothers Matu and Muthegi are raised according to customs that, they are told, have existed since the beginning of the world.

"Suspenseful, touching, and beautifully written." - Margaret George, New York Times bestselling author of Elizabeth I. "A gorgeous, emotional book.

Winner of the Shorts Award for Americana Fiction A debut collection of genre-bending short histories and novellas spanning 16th- through early 20th-century.

An exhilarating search to recover the greatest work of art plundered during World War II. The gripping sequel to Florian's Gate.

Lucan has been orphaned and Zosine has been deserted, and London is a hostile place for two young girls without a home.

A cat may look at a king, says an old proverb.

One of the great German writers of the 20th century draws from his own life to present a "brave, fearless, and honest" tale of one man's dark descent into depression and alcoholism (

This classic novel is the story of what happens when an idealistic, fiercely honest young man tries to reconcile Roman Catholic dogma with the realities of America of the 1940s.

Like Francis Prescott in The Rector of Justin, Guy Prime enjoyed the distinction of having become a legend in his lifetime. But in Guy's case, the legend is one of betrayal and infamy.