New Fiction
The best thing that can happen to a croissant by Pablo Tusset.
A hip, major bestseller in Italy and Spain that recalls early Martin Amis, David Gates, and John Kennedy Toole. Pablo Tusset's debut novel, The Best Thing That Can Happen to a Croissant, follows the hilarious, and occasionally dangerous, travails of Pablo 'Baloo' Miralles, the whole-heartedly dissolute thirty-year-old black sheep of the staid Barcelona finance titans of Miralles and Miralles.
This renowned internet blogger and dedicated hedonist is yanked into family business matters when the president of the family business, his older, accomplished brother, disappears. Thus begins an easy-riding, reluctant-detective story that DBC Pierre calls "a perfect salute to imperfection." Tusset's prodigious talents as both a satirist and creator of one of the most hilarious anti-heros in recent memory make this a sinfully entertaining read.
The Darwin conspiracy by John Darnton.
In this new novel, John Darnton transports us to Victorian England and around the world to reveal the secrets of a legendary nineteenth-century figure. Darnton blends the power of fact and the insights of fiction to explore the many mysteries attached to the life and work of Charles Darwin.
The mayor of Lexington Avenue by James Sheehan.
More than a typical legal thriller, THE MAYOR OF LEXINGTON AVENUE tells a story of enduring friendships, love and loss, promises kept and loyalties fulfilled, all against a backdrop that sweeps from the streets of New York City to the bayous and barrios of Florida.
This heavy silence by Nicole Mazzarella.