An aging High Court judge in Dublin, while presiding over a landmark case involving a young girl whose had an abortion, reveals to the reader the repressed difficult childhood that led him to an adult life of personal estrangement. Colm Toíbín’s second novel (1992): slow, quiet, astonishing…(Read More)
Author Louise Dean takes up an audacious challenge in this 2005 novel: using two rotating narrators, one the mother of an imprisoned son in the Maze and the other as a prison guard there, to see The Troubles from either side of the struggle…(Read More)
In the Maplewood Patch, author Marina Budhos said, “An Unexpected Guest is a patient book, impressively skillful for a first novel as Korkeakivi balances the artful arrangement of domestic life with the eruptive energy of past youthful passions, and the tension of present-day political fears. And, to my surprise, about a third of the…(Read More)
Anne will bring An Unexpected Guest to the Sunday Night Fiction series at KGB Bar in the lower East Side of New York City on Sunday, October 28, alongside readings from authors Josip Novakovich and Don Bajema…(Read More)
Just back from an evening at the American Library in Paris, An Unexpected Guest will be heading to the US with events in NY and NJ in late October and early November. Check out the events page for details…(Read More)
An Unexpected Guest made a guest appearance in the Christian Science Monitor’s review of best-selling British author Zadie Smith’s latest novel, NW. To read the whole post, look here…(Read More)
The Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County has chosen An Unexpected Guest for their “Beyond Bestsellers: Notable New Fiction Titles (September 2012)” list. To see the full post, look here…(Read More)
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Although steeped in baseball, Bernard Malamud’s exploration of the battle of good versus greed within the American heart, would be unforgettable reading even for someone who has never sat through nine innings…(Read More)
Chad Harbach’s 2011 take on the classic American baseball novel offers a bit of Malamud, a bit of Melville, and a lot of refreshingly traditional literary writing…(Read More)
The subtitle of this 2004 nonfiction book by Jonathon Mahler tells it all: 1977, Baseball, Politics, and the Battle for the Soul of a City…(Read More)
