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Praise for The Shadow King
A brilliant novel, lyrically lifting history towards myth. It’s also compulsively readable. I devoured it in two days.
Salman Rushdie
Praise for The World That We Knew
One of [Hoffman’s] finest…a standout.
Booklist, starred review
Praise for The Feral Detective
Brilliant noir…A plucky voyage into the traumatized soul of the Trump era.
The Washington Post
Praise for A Spark of Light
Timely, balanced and certain to inspire debate… Picoult at her fearless best.
The Washington Post
Praise for On the Plain of Snakes: A Mexican Journey
“[A] dark-edged but ultimately hopeful travelogue… Theroux’s usual excellent mix of vivid reportage and empathetic rumination is energized by a new spark of political commitment.
Publishers Weekly
Praise for The Confession Club
Forthcoming
Nov 2019
Praise for The Other Americans
I believe The Great American Novel doesn’t exist, at least in the 21st century, because the American experience is too vast and multifaceted to be confined to one book’s pages. However, if someone asked me to name one book I think at least grapples with the problem of trying to be The Great American Novel, I’d name The Other Americans.
NPR
Praise for Ashley's War
Lemmon tells the powerful story of an extraordinary group of women, and after knowing them, I was left cheering.
The Daily Beast