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The Dog by Joseph O'Neill
Category: Fiction | Series: Vintage Contemporaries Ser.
A New York Times Notable Book Nominated for the Man Booker Prize In this extraordinary, both comic and philosophically profound novel, the acclaimed author of Netherland uncovers the hidden contours of a glittering Middle Eastern city--and the quiet dilemmas of modernity. When our unnamed hero, a self- ...Show more
The Flight Attendant by Chris Bohjalian
Category: Fiction | Series: Vintage Contemporaries Ser.
From the "New York Times"-bestselling author of "The Guest Room" comes a powerful story about the ways an entire life can change in one night when a flight attendant wakes up in the wrong hotel, in the wrong bed, with a dead man--and no idea what happened.over.
The Flight Attendant by Chris Bohjalian
Category: Crime and Thrillers | Series: Vintage Contemporaries Ser.
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * A powerful thriller about the ways an entire life can change in one night: A flight attendant wakes up in the wrong hotel, in the wrong bed, with a dead man--and no idea what happened. * Don't miss the acclaimed HBO Max series! Cassandra Bowden is no stranger to hungover mor ...Show more
The Inn at Lake Devine by Elinor Lipman
Category: Romance | Series: Vintage Contemporaries Ser.
It's 1962 and all across America barriers are collapsing. But when Natalie Marx's mother inquires about summer accommodations in Vermont, she gets the following reply: The Inn at Lake Devine is a family-owned resort, which has been in continuous operation since 1922. Our guests who feel most comfortable ...Show more
The Mare by Mary Gaitskill
Category: Fiction | Series: Vintage Contemporaries Ser.
A Huffington Post 2015 Fall Can't-Miss New ReadA Kirkus Reviews Fall Must ReadAn Entertainment Weekly Blockbuster Novel of Fall 2015In National Book Award-finalist Mary Gaitskill's most poignant and powerful work yet, the timeless story of a girl and a horse is joined with a timely story of people from ...Show more
The Painter by Deputy Director Fiscal Affairs Department Peter Heller (IMF)
Category: Fiction | Series: Vintage Contemporaries Ser.
An Oprah.com "Must-Read" Book After having shot a man in a Santa Fe bar, the famous artist Jim Stegner served his time and has since struggled to manage the dark impulses that sometimes overtake him. Now he lives a quiet life. . . until the day that he comes across a hunting guide beating a small horse, ...Show more
The Practical Heart - Four Novellas by Allan Gurganus
Category: Fiction | Series: Vintage Contemporaries Ser.
A luminous quartet, five years in the writing, reveals even more fully the breathtaking range of "a storyteller in the grand tradition" (New York Times). Allan Gurganus's voice--by turn bawdy and serene, folkloric and profane--deepens as it soars into this quiet masterwork. Four new fables--rich in eve ...Show more
The Queen's Gambit by Walter Tevis
Category: Fiction | Series: Vintage Contemporaries Ser.
Engaging and fast-paced, this gripping coming-of-age novel of chess, feminism, and addiction speeds to a conclusion as elegant and satisfying as a mate in four. Eight year-old orphan Beth Harmon is quiet, sullen, and by all appearances unremarkable. That is, until she plays her first game of chess. Her ...Show more
The Queen's Gambit (Television Tie-In) by Walter Tevis
Category: Fiction | Series: Vintage Contemporaries Ser.
Engaging and fast-paced, this gripping coming-of-age novel of chess, feminism, and addiction speeds to a conclusion as elegant and satisfying as a mate in four. Now an acclaimed Netflix series. Eight year-old orphan Beth Harmon is quiet, sullen, and by all appearances unremarkable. That is, until sh ...Show more
The Red Lotus - A Novel by Chris Bohjalian
Category: Fiction | Series: Vintage Contemporaries Ser.
NATIONAL BESTSELLER - From the New York Times bestselling author of The Flight Attendant comes a twisting story of love and deceit: an American man vanishes on a rural road in Vietnam, and his girlfriend follows a path that leads her home to the very hospital where they met. Alexis and Austin don't have ...Show more
The Rules of Engagement by Anita Brookner
Category: Fiction | Series: Vintage Contemporaries Ser.
In this masterly new novel, the Booker Prize–winning author of Hotel du Lac and Making Things Better gives us an exquisite story about the changes in relationships over time, and how our life choices can both reflect the past and direct the future. Hailed as “one of the finest novelists of her generatio ...Show more
The Secret History by Donna Tartt
Category: Fiction | Series: Vintage Contemporaries Ser.
Donna Tartt, winner of the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for her most recent novel, "The Goldfinch," established herself as a major talent with "The Secret""History, " which has become a contemporary classic. Under the influence of their charismatic classics professor, a group of clever, eccentric misfits at an e ...Show more