In her latest novel of ancient Greece, Mary Renault turns to the world of the poet—the bard who since the time of Homer had sung his verses from memory for the occasions of the court. This is the life of Simonides, who lived in sixth-century Greece...

Secluded in his remand cell, a small-time criminal surrenders himself to sadistic fantasies of hatred and revenge. Selby's second novel is a claustrophobic descent into the tormented soul of a man trapped in a loveless society. ”Selby's place is in the...

A Literary Hub Most Anticipated Book The darkly comic tale of three generations of a Jewish family, from one of Poland's most renowned contemporary authors "A novel sparing only in words and form, not in emotion." --Vogue (Poland) Confidential...