My Father the Spy

they discover that some things are best left buried—and some monsters are only too ready to awaken

and stands as a magnificent novel in its own right

As Joyce Carol Oates writes in her Afterword: "I think that I can speak for most short story writers in saying that each of our stories exacts from us the same approximate commitment and hope

Her meticulously constructed identity as the good wife and mother begins to crack

000 years of human civilization

He likes Grandmother’s cooking

the latest feat of legerdemain from Pulitzer Prize-winning author Michael Chabon

that supports a starch-centered way of eating

he shows how medical consumers are made neurotic at a time when people are healthier than ever before

international bestseller Karen Swan explores one woman’s journey to discovering the truth behind an abandoned apartment and a family whose mysteries may be better left undiscovered

her need increases

a glory-seeking musketeer