Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary

Still Life with Woodpecker is sort of a love story that takes place inside a pack of Camel cigarettes….

Jitterbug Perfume is an epic. Which is to say, it begins in the forests of ancient Bohemia and doesn’t conclude until nine o’clock tonight [Paris time]….

An exploration of the booming casino industry in the 1990s, as narrated by an obsessed, young poker professional called Mickey.