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In the third century, the Roman Empire teetered on the brink of implosion, with one man after another claiming power - and Harry Sidebottom's "Throne of the Caesars" series transmutes it all into first-rate historical fiction
Read MoreA provocative new book re-examines the startling power and, yes, originality of Roman literature
Read MoreA bedridden famous painter reflects on his unhappy marriage - and his wife gets the last word
Read MoreIn Morgan Llywelyn's latest novel, the gods and goddesses of ancient Ireland take center stage
Read MoreA stimulating new study of the autobiographies Frederick Douglass continued writing throughout his life
Read MoreA young man out for a nighttime walk in Tokyo finds a gun. Then he thinks about it all the time. Then he thinks about getting bullets for it. And then he thinks about firing it ...
Read MoreNow in paperback: a densely-packed graphic novel in which Superman slowly becomes his worst enemy
Read MoreOut of the million+ books scheduled to appear in the coming year, a few titles in particular have caught the eyes of our editors. Which? And why?
Read MoreBefore he was a famous and controversial philosopher, Friedrich Nietzsche was a young professor with a bone to pick. Robert Minto discusses his critique of higher education.
Read MoreThe only reverse-canonization ever performed was by Pius II in 1462, against his hated enemy Sigismondo Malatesta. A new book tells the fascinating story of this "precursor of the Antichrist."
Read MoreA professor of Creative Writing discovers he is the main character in one of his student's stories, and the picture he's presented with is eerily spot on. A memoir of a dangerous profession.
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Read MoreRobert Lax was always moving, both poetically and geographically. A new biography tells the story of his uncommon life.
Read MoreUkraine is a haunted, confounding country.Yuri Andrukhovych tries to match his prodigious technique to its complexity.
Read MoreIn the 1930s, a handful of clubbable Christian scribblers got together for tea and conversation and produced both The Chronicles of Narnia and The Lord of the Rings. What on earth went on there?
Read MoreBefore he was a master biographer, James Boswell was a best-selling author of travel writing. Luciano Mangiafico explores his scandalous life in Italy.
Read MoreComplex plotting runs through a darkly humorous new caper from Thomas Perry and the third book in Mick Herron's series about the disgraced spies at MI5’s Slough House.
Read MoreAdam Johnson’s stories cast us adrift in moral, emotional, even existential uncertainties; the only reassurance they offer lies in the excellence of the fiction itself.
Read MoreA legendary editor assembles the biggest collection of Sherlock Holmes parodies, pastiches, and homages ever collected in one volume
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