new york review of books
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Troubles by J.G. Farrell delivers a oddly humorous and sprawling tale about life in a crumbling Irish hotel after World War I.
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Published by New York Review of Books, Eve’s Hollywood by Eve Babitz provides a tremendous tale of life growing up in midcentury Los Angeles.
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Set in winter 1945, All for Nothing by Walter Kempowski writes about the mundane details of a minor German aristocratic family.
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Godlike by Richard Hell delivers a rich and seedy ode to poet life in 1970s New York City
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Stoner by John Williams tells the life story of a brainy and introverted college professor with remarkable depth and skill.
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Reprinted in 2025 by New York Review of Books, Sun City by Tove Jansson overflows with whimsical heart as it tells the story of a retirement home in 1970s Florida.
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Chess Story by Stefan Zweig is a pitch-perfect novella that uses the royal game to investigate humanity and its most curious impulses.
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With The Universal Baseball Association, Robert Coover uses the character of J. Henry Waugh to investigate the state of midcentury masculinity in America.
