Books

Most of us recognize the name Clarence Birdseye but few know the story of his adventurous life. The book vividly traces his time as an inventor, businessman, and “father of frozen food.”  

“The Aleppo Codex” is a thrilling, step-by-step quest to discover what really happened to Judaism’s most important book.  

“Traveler of the Century,” the first of Neuman’s novels to be translated into English, reveals why the late Roberto Bolaño described the young writer as being “touched by grace.” 

It is the most celebrated political biography of its era. The previous three volumes have won every major literary award, and the newest serving promises to be a prize-winner as well.  

To the small population that tends to the affairs of American literary culture, Jonathan Franzen can’t be ignored.  

Peter Carey’s prodigiously restless inventiveness is not always tidy; it can spill over the margins; it is a stranger to restraint.