According to the note at the end of Vertigo, by Pierre Boileau and Thomas Narcejac, the two French […]
The Little Paris Bookshop, by Nina George
Bibliotherapy is the semi-serious prescribing of literature—novels, poems, essays, etc.—for emotional ailments. The theory is […]
Rendezvous in Venice, by Philippe Beaussant
Philippe Beaussant’s novella, Rendezvous in Venice, is told in four parts that circle elegantly back into each […]
Jacob the Liar, by Jurek Becker
Is there such a thing as a good lie? Whenever this question comes up, I […]
The Dead Mountaineer’s Inn, by Boris and Arkady Strugatsky
These days, my favorite genre books are the ones that don’t fit neatly into any […]
The Meursault Investigation, by Kamel Daoud
“Mama’s still alive today” (Chapter I*). So begins Kamel Daoud’s The Meursault Investigation, the long-needed Arab version […]