Reformed criminal, Lex Tennessee, lived a quiet law-abiding life—until a reckless "superhero" killed his wife. Drunk with vengeance, Lex vowed to end The Cadet’s career and avenge his wife’s death.
ELizabeth Connelly sits in her office at a New York vanity press watching the world - of struggles, passion, pain and love - spin around her. Then a young writer comes to her with a novel about a man who loves more than one woman. And suddenly she is awak
In Alice McDermott's first work of fiction since her best-selling, National Book Award-winning Charming Billy, a woman recalls her fifteenth summer with the wry and bittersweet wisdom of hindsight.The beautiful child of older parents, raised on the easter
Twice a week, Lucy Dailey leaves suburbia with her three children in tow, returning to the Brooklyn home where she grew up, and where her stepmother and unmarried sisters still live. Aunt Veronica, with her wounded face and dreams of beauty, drowns her so
Stig Dagerman’s influential novel about a young man’s troubling journey through despair and illicit passion.Set in a working-class neighborhood in Stockholm, A Burnt Child revolves around a young man named Bengt who falls into deep, private turmoil wi
Nattens lekar är den enda novellsamling som Stig Dagerman själv ställt samman och består av sjutton korta berättelser om människor som förenas av sin ensamhet.Boken innehåller novellerna "Nattens lekar", "Bon soir", "Snöblandat regn", "Saltkött
A vivid portrait of an American family in the middle decades of the twentieth century.Alice McDermott’s powerful novel is a vivid portrait of an American family in the middle decades of the twentieth century. Witty, compassionate, and wry, it captures t
Stig Dagerman debuterade tjugotvå år gammal med romanen Ormen. Året var 1945 och den möttes av en förbluffad kritikerkår. "Så våldsamt övertygande har ingen svensk författare i detta sekel debuterat", skrev Olof Lagercrantz i DN. Med sina egna o
