*Portnoy's Complaint by Philip Roth
Thu, Apr 01, 2010
Portnoy's Complaint is one of the The Modern Library's "100 Best Novels" of the twentieth century.
Modern Literary Fiction
American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis
Thu, Apr 01, 2010
Bret Easton Ellis is a New York writer of novels and short stories. This highly controversial novel was his third, published in 1986. Once condemned for its graphic violence, it has achieved cult status.
Three Wrecked Men by Lysa Williams
Thu, Apr 01, 2010
LYSA WILLIAMS resides in New York City with her daughter. Three Wrecked Men is her second novel. Her first novel, Soundless, is also a Blackstone Audio, Inc. production.
Generosity by Richard Powers
Thu, Apr 01, 2010
Richard Powers is the author of nine novels. The Echo Maker (FSG, 2006) won the National Book Award and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. Powers has received a MacArthur Fellowship, a Lannan Literary Award, and the James Fenimore Cooper Prize for Historical Fiction. He lives in Illinois.
A Single Man by Christopher Isherwood
Thu, Apr 01, 2010
Christopher Isherwood (1902-86) lived in Berlin from 1928 to 1933 and immigrated to the United States in 1939. Translator, biographer, novelist, and playwright, Isherwood is the author of over twenty books.
A Friend of the Family by Lauren Grodstein
Thu, Apr 01, 2010
Lauren Grodstein is the author of the short story collection The Best of Animals and a novel, Reproduction is the Flaw of Love. Her work has been translated into German, Italian, and French. She teaches creative writing at Rutgers University.