Fiction

The After Party Anton DiSclafani

THE AFTER PARTY is set in oil-rich Houston of the fifties and centers around two Texas socialites with an obsessive and euphoric relationship that is as consuming as any romance.

 

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Walkaway Cory Doctorow

WALKAWAY is set in the mid-twenty-first century and features the changes that will occur in the next hundred years that climate change and predators will bring. This science fiction thriller is both moving and darkly humorous.

 

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Frog Music Emma Donoghue

FROG MUSIC  follows the story of a woman shot to death in a San Francisco saloon in the 1800s, and her friend, a French burlesque dancer who risks everything to bring her killer to justice. 

 

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The Wonder Emma Donoghue

THE WONDER begins with a Florence Nightingale-trained nurse going to an impoverished Irish Village to check on an eleven year-old girl who is said to have eaten nothing for four months.  The book eventually shows the intimacy between people from different worlds.

 

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Clownfish Blues Tim Dorsey

CLOWNFISH BLUES finds Serge and Coleman chasing down a bunch of crooks who are gaming the Florida lottery to fill their coffers.

 

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The Riptide Ultra-Glide Tim Dorsey

THE RIPTIDE ULTRA-GLIDE opens with Serge and his sidekick Coleman believing they've discovered the perfect stars for their new TV series - they're very wrong!

 

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Shark Skin Suite Tim Dorsey

SHARK SKIN SUITE sees Serge going swimming with the sharks (the lawerly kind) and bumps into an old flame.  Serge saves the damsel in distress.

 

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Tiger Shrimp Tango Tim Dorsey

TIGER SHRIMP TANGO  finds Serge and his sidekick Coleman on a mission to rid their beloved state of Florida of internet scammers. Unfortunately, Serge meets up with an old nemesis, who happens to be an assassin, and the plot appears deadly.  

 

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Gone So Long Andre Dubus III

GONE SO LONG features a father, estranged from his daughter after a violent outburst when she was a child, who is compelled to reconnect with her after decades, despite her continuing struggles to deal with his actions and his absence.   This title has been selected as a Booksmith...

Manhattan Beach Jennifer Egan

MANHATTAN BEACH was one of the most anticipated books of the season. This dark story is set during World War Two when a woman's life was structured, and the protagonist becomes the only female diver at the Brooklyn Naval Yard. She also has her own ideas about sexual appetites, and becomes involved with a mob boss who...