Эдгар Л. Доктороу3.8 Роман "Билли Батгейт" - жемчужина современной американской прозы, в 1989 г. был удостоен престижной премии "ПЕН-Фолкнер" и экранизирован режиссером Робертом Бентономв 1991 г.
Нью-Йорк, 1930-е. Пятнадцатилетний сирота Билли Батгейт связывается с легендарным гангстером Немцем Шульцем, и банда, по сути, становится для мальчишки приемной семьей. Перед Билли открываются тайные тропы уголовного мира, которые могут привести на вершину криминального успеха - босс видит в способном ученике своего преемника. Но, влюбившись в его новую подружку, парень невольно задумывается: а так ли уж завидна судьба крестного сына мафии?
Russell Banks5.0 Wade Whitehouse is an improbable protagonist for a tragedy. A well-digger and policeman in a bleak New Hampshire town, he is a former high-school star gone to beer fat, a loner with a mean streak.It is a mark of Russell Banks' artistry and understanding that Wade comes to loom in one's mind as a blue-collar American Everyman afflicted by the dark secret of the macho tradition. Told by his articulate, equally scarred younger brother, Wade's story becomes as spellbinding and inexorable as a fuse burning its way to the dynamite.
Molly Gloss3.5 A reading group favorite, The Jump-Off Creek is the unforgettable story of homesteader Lydia Sanderson and her struggles to settle in the mountains of Oregon in the 1890s. The Jump-Off Creek gives readers an intimate look at the hardships of frontier life and a courageous woman determined to survive.
Lynne Sharon Schwartz0.0 An injury at birth left Audrey with a wandering eye. Though flawed, the bad eye functions well enough to permit her an idiosyncratic view of the world, one she welcomes in the stifling postwar Brooklyn of the 1950s. During a journey to Manhattan to see a doctor about her sight, she begins to explore the sexual rites of adulthood. But can her romance last? In this beautifully observed novel, Lynne Sharon Schwartz raises themes of innocence and escape while illuminating the rich inner life of a singular girl
