Man Booker Prize Winning Authors

Mrs. Osmond John Banville

MRS. OSMOND continues the story of Isabel Archer, the protagonist of Henry James' classic novel The Portrait of a Lady, retelling the tale and then taking it further, all with Banville's characteristically thoughtful and arresting prosody, as well as a clever sense of humor.

 

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The Only Story Julian Barnes

THE ONLY STORY is the story of a young college student and a married older woman who fall in love after being paired together in a tennis tournament, and how their relationship evolved over the years.

 

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Moon Witch, Spider King Marlon James

MOON WITCH SPIDER KING is a fantastically inventive story drawing from African myth and mythology. Neil Gaiman is quoted on the jacket saying he couldn't wait for this book.

 

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Nutshell Ian McEwan

NUTSHELL is a classic tale of murder and deceit, but there is a witness - a nine-month-old resident of a womb.   This title has been selected as a Booksmith Timeless Classic, meaning it is among the best of the best for the last several decades. We will ship it (AND EVERY OTHER BOOK IN THE SAME ORDER) for...

Liberation Day: Stories George Saunders

LIBERATION DAY  is the new collection by the master of the genre. These brilliant stories run from the tender relationship between grandfather and grandson to fantasy to reality and from joy to oppression.s

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Vigil George Saunders

VIGIL transposes the reader, careening through the wild final evening of a complicated man. Visitors (worldly and other worldly, alive and dead) begin to arrive clamoring for a reckoning. Birds swarm the dying man's room. This powerful tale takes on the greatest issues of our time - the menace of corporate greed, the...