Vintage

In a rising Saudi Arabian city, far from weary, recession-scarred America, a struggling businessman pursues a last-ditch attempt to stave off foreclosure, pay his daughters college tuition, and finally do something great. In A Hologram for the King, Dave Eggers takes us around the world to show how one man fights to hold himself and his splintering...

The classic tale of one man's struggle with alcoholism, this revolutionary novel remains Charles Jackson's best-known booka daring autobiographical work that paved the way for contemporary addiction literature.It is 1936, and on the East Side of Manhattan, a would-be writer named Don Birnam decides to have a drink.And then another, and...

In this seductive, wistful masterpiece, Truman Capote created a woman whose name has entered the American idiom and whose style is a part of the literary landscape. Holly Golightly knows that nothing bad can ever happen to you at Tiffany's; her poignancy, wit, and navete continue to charm.This volume also includes three of Capote's...

Five StoriesIn these five stories, Gaines returns to the cane fields, sharecroppers' shacks, and decaying plantation houses of Louisiana, the terrain of his great novels A Gathering of Old Men and A Lesson Before Dying. As rendered by Gaines, this country becomes as familiar, and as haunted by cruelty, suffering, and courage, as Ralph...

A NovelLife&'s tough for Dexter Morgan. It&'s not easy being the world&'s only serial killer with a conscience, especially when you work for the Miami police. To avoid suspicion, Dexter&'s had to slip deep into his disguise: spending time with his girlfriend and her kids, slowly becoming the world&'s first serial killing couch potato.Then...

&';What a terrific book. I loved its rich, recognizable characters, the intricacies and excitement of the plot, the beauty of the writing.&' --Anne Lamott Reaching back to the Great Depression, and with all the insight, tenderness, and extraordinary narrative power that have been the hallmark of her writing, Alice Adams once again illuminates the...