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<<< 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 >>>     sort list by title | author I Hate the Internet A Useful Novel Against Men, Money, and the Filth of Instagram. Jarett Kobek What if you told the truth and the whole world heard you? What if you lived in a country swamped with Internet outrage? What if you were a woman in a society that hated women? Set in the San Francisco of 2013, I Hate the Internet offers a hilarious and obscene portrayal of life amongst the victims of the digital boom. Where All Light Tends to Go David Joy Recommended by Andy, City Lights Books "Remarkable . . . This isn't your ordinary coming-of-age novel, but with his bone-cutting insights into these men and the region that bred them, Joy makes it an extraordinarily intimate experience."—Marilyn Stasio, The New York Times Book Review A Little Life Hanya Yanagihara A Little Life follows four college classmates—broke, adrift, and buoyed only by their friendship and ambition—as they move to New York in search of fame and fortune. While their relationships, which are tinged by addiction, success, and pride, deepen over the decades, the men are held together by their devotion to the brilliant, enigmatic Jude... The Animals A Novel Christian Kiefer Bill Reed manages a wildlife sanctuary in rural Idaho, caring for injured animals unable to survive in the wild —raptors, a wolf, and his beloved bear, Majer, among them. He hopes to marry the local vet and live out a quiet life, until a childhood friend is released from prison and threatens to reveal Bill's darkest secrets. The Scaffold A Treason Death Penalty Trial J. Tony Serra Tony Serra has completed his first novel, The Scaffold: A Treason Death Penalty Trial. Taking place historically during the Second World War in the South Pacific with U.S. P.T. Boats, Japanese zero attack planes, and on an island paradise, this court martial trial is filled with Serra's legal career experiences but is an example of life as... The David Foster Wallace Reader David Foster Wallace, Karen Green, Bonnie Nadell, Michael Pietsch Where do you begin with a writer as original and brilliant as David Foster Wallace? Here--with a carefully considered selection of his extraordinary body of work, chosen by a range of great writers, critics, and those who worked with him most closely. This volume presents his most dazzling, funniest, and most heartbreaking work. Chelsea Girls A Novel Eileen Myles A series of revealing tidbits into this punk-rock poet's most intimate moments. Reckonings with queerness, alcoholism, self-loathing, and the uncompromising creative drive fill this magnificent work to the brim. —Recommended by Ivy, City Lights Books Woman in Battle Dress Antonio Benítez-Rojo An epic, historical novel about a bold, transgressive woman whose life became the subject of Cuba's most sensational legal trial. Welcome to Braggsville A Novel T. Geronimo Johnson From the PEN/Faulkner finalist and critically acclaimed author of Hold It 'Til It Hurts comes a dark and socially provocative Southern-fried comedy about four UC Berkeley students who stage a dramatic protest during a Civil War reenactment—a fierce, funny, tragic work from a bold new writer. When the Sick Rule the World Dodie Bellamy A moving meld of essay, memoir, and story, When the Sick Rule the World collects Dodie Bellamy's new and recent lyric prose. Taking on topics as eclectic as vomit, Kathy Acker's wardrobe, and Occupy Oakland, Bellamy here examines illness, health, and the body -- both the social body and the individual body -- in essays that glitter with wit. The Bell Tolls for No One Charles Bukowski, David Stephen Calonne Everyone's favorite dirty old man is back! Previously uncollected pulp fiction by the 20th-century American master. Oreo Fran Ross It's hard to believe this book was published to so little acclaim when it first came out in 1974—and that it's languished for so many years in obscurity seems like a crime against culture. This is a work of highly sophisticated intelligence, welded to a freewheeling, absolutley fearless sense of humor—a mix that makes Oreo a wholly unique voice... Love Me Back A Novel Merritt Tierce This novel is not perfect, but it is one of the few contemporary works of fiction that have lodged in my brain and poked at my softer parts once finished. It's cold, bitter work to get through this, but Tierce is a writer I'll be watching. —Recommended by Vanessa, City Lights Books Station Eleven A Novel Emily St.John Mandel Kirsten Raymonde will never forget the night Arthur Leander, the famous Hollywood actor, had a heart attack on stage during a production of King Lear. That was the night when a devastating flu pandemic arrived in the city, and within weeks, civilization as we know it came to an end. <<< 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 >>>