Capote's most famous novella tells the story of Holly Golightly and her adventures in Manhattan. It has now come to light that Holly Golightly was originally to be called Connie Gustafson in early … [Read more...] about Breakfast at Tiffany’s by Truman Capote
American Fiction
The Plot Against America by Philip Roth
An alternate American history during World War II is told through the eyes of a working-class Jewish family in New Jersey as they endure the political rise of Charles Lindbergh. He captures the … [Read more...] about The Plot Against America by Philip Roth
Farewell, My Lovely by Raymond Chandler
This is Philip Marlowe's second adventure. Marlowe is about to give up on a completely routine case when he finds himself in the wrong place at the right time to get caught up in a murder that … [Read more...] about Farewell, My Lovely by Raymond Chandler
God Bless You, Dr. Kevorkian by Kurt Vonnegut
In , Vonnegut skips back and forth between life and the Afterlife as if the difference between them were rather slight. What began as a series of ninety-second radio interludes for a public radio … [Read more...] about God Bless You, Dr. Kevorkian by Kurt Vonnegut
I am the Clay by Chaim Potok
As the Chinese and the army of the North sweep south during the Korean War, an old peasant farmer and his wife flee their village across the bleak, bombed-out landscape. They soon come upon a boy … [Read more...] about I am the Clay by Chaim Potok
Lila by Robert M Pirsig
In this best-selling new book, his first in seventeen years, Robert M. Pirsig, author of Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, takes us on a poignant and passionate journey as mysterious and … [Read more...] about Lila by Robert M Pirsig
Naked Lunch by William Burroughs
The book is structured as a series of loosely connected vignettes. Burroughs stated that the chapters are intended to be read in any order. The reader follows the narration of junkie William Lee … [Read more...] about Naked Lunch by William Burroughs
The Season of Comfort by Gore Vidal
From the author of MYRA BRECKINRIDGE and DARK GREEN, BRIGHT RED, a novel, first published in 1949, describing the growing-up of a brilliant and precocious schoolboy whose parents separate when he is … [Read more...] about The Season of Comfort by Gore Vidal
The Will James Cowboy Book
A collection of stories and art from Will James. Will grew up on a ranch and wrote many books about his experiences at the end of the nineteenth and beginning of the twentieth century. The … [Read more...] about The Will James Cowboy Book
The Winter of Our Discontent by John Steinbeck
Ethan Allen Hawley, the protagonist of Steinbeck’s last novel, works as a clerk in a grocery store that his family once owned. Then one day, in a moment of moral crisis, Ethan decides to take a … [Read more...] about The Winter of Our Discontent by John Steinbeck