As Moss tries to evade his pursuers—in particular a mysterious mastermind who flips coins for human lives—McCarthy simultaneously strips down the American crime novel and broadens its concerns to encompass themes as ancient as the Bible and as bloodily contemporary as this morning’s headlines
only one of them knows they are sisters
the more porous the boundary between their feelings and identities becomes
Set in the grimy streets of Victorian London
Ren has 49 days to do so
Taiwan Travelogue Capote As Moss tries to evadeA tender yet bittersweet tale of love between two women, woven through a rich reflection on language, history, and power. In May 1938, young novelist Aoyama Chizuko leaves Nagasaki behind and arrives in Japanese ruled Taiwan. Though invited as a guest of the colonial government, she has little interest in official ceremonies or politics. Instead, she is drawn to the island itselfits people, its culture, and, above all, its food, eager to indulge her