 | This Book Will Save Your Life From the author of Music for Torching—an uplifting and apocalyptic tale set in Los Angeles about one man's efforts to bring himself back to life. Since her debut in 1989, A.M. Homes has been among the boldest and most original voices of her generation, acclaimed for the psychological accuracy and unnerving emotional intensity of her storytelling. Her keen ability to explore how extraordinary the ordinary can be is at the heart of her touching and funny new novel, her first in six years. More |
 | Excerpt "Did you notice the hole?" Richard asks Cecelia, the housekeeper, as he is eating breakfast. "What hole?" "Look out the window, there's a big dent like the kind of place a UFO might have landed if you believe in that kind of thing." More |
 | Reviews In 1980, the New Statesman held a contest to determine the world's most improbable book title; the winning entry was "My Struggle by Martin Amis." The punch line was probably more amusing at the time than it is today... More |