The Big Easy looms large in James Lee Burke’s entertaining Dave Robicheaux series.
Pure Men: A Novel
By Mohamed Mbougar Sarr; translated by Lara Vergnaud
A Senegalese professor confronts his country’s homophobia.
An Interview with Laura Zigman
By Mary Kay Zuravleff
In her new book, the author turns a gimlet eye toward the publishing industry.
Lion City: Singapore and the Invention of Modern Asia
By Jeevan Vasagar
What makes an “engineered society” work so well?
Ocean State: A Novel
By Stewart O’Nan
A story of adult infidelity told, oddly, through the lives of teens.
An occasional series in which writers speak for themselves.
North to Paradise: A Memoir
By Ousman Umar; translated by Kevin Gerry Dunn
A slim, sobering tale of one man’s journey to the “Land of the Whites.”
Life Without Children: Stories
By Roddy Doyle
This collection of pandemic tales casts the lockdown in a new light.
What Sammy Knew
By David Laskin
Clichés and stereotypes weaken this otherwise earnest debut set in 1970s New York.
Double Plays and Double Crosses
By Don Zminda
An absorbing look at a long-ago scandal that took the shine off the diamond.
Check out this Washington Writers Conference panel!
