Mother Howl
Mother Howl, Craig Clavenger’s first novel in eighteen years, is an ambitious crime story unafraid to be philosophical.
Reviewed by Gavin Pate
Mother Howl, Craig Clavenger’s first novel in eighteen years, is an ambitious crime story unafraid to be philosophical.
Reviewed by Gavin Pate
The third novel by Indian American writer Tania James, Loot, offers a corrective of sorts to Tipu Sultan’s reputation as a garden-variety despot.
Reviewed by Mukund Belliappa
Domenico Starnone’s previous novels are studies of repressed father-figures that move at thriller-like speed; his newest novel covers similar material, though its structure is more triptych than thriller.
Reviewed by William Braun
Shy marks another development in Max Porter’s singular, polyphonic style, distinguishing itself as his most urgent book yet.
Reviewed by Sam Downs
A Danish classic, The Liar by Martin A. Hansen (translated by Paul Larkin) will lead readers to marvel at how intricate storytelling and human life can be.
Reviewed by Paul Houe
With powerful characterization surrounding a central mystery, J.H. Markert's The Nightmare Man is an entertaining read for horror and suspense fans.
Reviewed by Ryan Tan
The Illuminated Burrow: A Sanatorium Journal, written by Romanian poet and novelist Max Blecher and translated by Gabi Reigh, is a meditation on the nature of significant moments, written as the author approached his death in 1938 at the age of twenty-eight.
Reviewed by Rick Henry
Alejandro Varela’s story collection is a motherlode of social criticism, made all the more poignant by its interwoven analysis of lust.
Reviewed by Eric Olson
As she does in her poetry, Anna Moschovakis effectively employs and interrogates language in her latest novel, Participation. Reviewed by Joseph Houlihan
Donnaldson Brown presents an adult assessment of the limits of love alongside a potent acknowledgment of the power of shared history. Reviewed by Eleanor J. Bader