The Winter/Spring publishing season will soon be upon us and I have received some really great galleys:

Fascination: Stories by William Boyd. If you have never read any Boyd, run to the store and grab some. He is one of my all time favorite authors.

Epileptic by David B. A graphic autobiography about growing up with an epileptic brother, the book looks beautiful and meaty.

Spice: The History of a Temptation by Jack Turner. This has been out for a while, but I just managed to get a copy (from our wonderful rep). It’s the history of the spice trade tracing them through history, literature, and myth.

Pinkerton’s Sister by Peter Rushforth. This is out in the UK already and has gotten some good reviews. It’s a sizeable book (729 pages) that follows Alice Pinkerton in turn of the century New York.

And finally The Orientalist: Solving the Mystery of a Strange and Dangerous Life by Tom Reiss. This is the story of Lev Nussimbaum’s short life. Born to a wealthy Jewish family in 1905 in Baku, he escaped the Russian Revolution in a camel caravan. His life seems fascinating.

Comments:
TEV says:
I love Boyd, too – especially Any Human Heart. Let us know what you think of the stories …