Steve Donoghue’s posts from the original Open Letters Monthly Archives.
Our book today is the English-language translation of Andrea Molesini’s utterly remarkable debut novel Not All Bastards Are From Vienna. The book originally appeared in 2010 and is here translated from the Italian by Antony Shugaar and Patrick Creagh, and although I chuckled about it when the Englished version appeared last year (how could I […]
Read MoreA neurosurgeon's reflections on his time in a coma convince him that it held the secret to the universe.
Read MorePete Dexter's lean, harrowing novel of murder and ambition is coming to the big screen with a full complement of movie stars - and a new paperback edition of the book is a happy by-product.
Read MoreA paperback reprint of a modern nature classic
Read MoreThe paperback release of Michael Cunningham's latest novel, a deft portrait of middle-aged might-have-been lust
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