F I C T I O N

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The Atlas  By William T. Vollmann
In this compelling mix of fiction and autobiography, the author, an obsessive traveler with a taste for danger, reports from locations such as Sarajevo, Inuit Canada and Rangoon.

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The Woman Who Walked on Water  By Lily Tuck
When a smart, affluent woman abandons her life to follow an Indian guru, her family and friends wonder what her former life failed to offer her.

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Otherwise: New and Selected Poems  By Jane Kenyon
A moving and unexpectedly turbulent collection from this New Hampshire poet, who died last year from leukemia.

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Funny Boy  By Shyam Selvadurai
A promising first novel, from a young Sri Lankan writer, about love, race and politics, set amidst the 1983 Sinhalese-Tamil riots.

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Hearing Voices  By A.N. Wilson
The fourth novel in the author's noted "Lampitt Papers" series is part murder mystery, part religious dialogue and part exploration of the British upper class.

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N O N F I C T I O N

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Speak Sunlight  By Alan Jolis
A vivid, sensual memoir of life in Franco's Spain, from the perspective of the privileged and observant young son of a Parisian diplomat.

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Jerzy Kosinski: A Biography  By James Park Sloan
Did the Polish writer Jerzy Kosinksi fabricate his own life history, in the same way he allegedly lied about the authorship of his books?

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No Matter How Loud I Shout: A Year in the Life of Juvenile Court  By Edward Humes
The author, a Pulitzer Prize-winner, spent a year in Los Angeles' Juvenile Hall to research this look at how America treats young offenders.

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Sex Death Enlightenment  By Mark Matousek
A quest for spiritual meaning in the age of AIDS, written by a former Interview magazine editor who grew tired of New York City's "self-satisfied nihilism."

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Man Enough to be a Woman  By Jayne County
The wild life and times of rock n' roll's original transsexual, legendary shock-rocker Jayne (aka Wayne) County.

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