A Bygone Present
/An eerie atmosphere and finely-watched details are among the strange strengths of Fiona Mozley's odd debut novel Elmet - and among its weaknesses.
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An eerie atmosphere and finely-watched details are among the strange strengths of Fiona Mozley's odd debut novel Elmet - and among its weaknesses.
Read MoreMadeleine Thien's Dogs at the Perimeter - getting its first US publication - uses the Khmer Rouge atrocities as a backdrop against which to explore its characters' various losses.
Read MoreIn the new novel from the author of The Historian, a young American woman travels across present-day Bulgaria and delves into the country's dark past.
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