Amazing read for anybody remotely interested in Cuba and its history. Focusing on the machinations of power before the Cuban Revolution, Kushner captures the moment perfectly, particularly in terms of social relations between various social classes and nationalities.

If you haven't read any Beatty yet, this novel, his third, is the place to start. Much superior to "The White Boy Shuffle," this novel centers on the search for a jazz musician in post-Wall Germany.

Superb graphic short stories by Japan's noir-inspiring master. Darker than the previous two Drawn & Quarterly anthologies.

Amazing work, quite possibly the most intriguing novel I've yet read. Bolano's prose jets us to Mexico City, Tel Aviv, Paris, Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Barcelona. His protagonists suffer from the quintessential twenty-first century predicament: a lack of meaning.

Interesting memoir adds a lot to our understanding of Columbia. Paternostro gave an interesting perspective on this work as part of the city's Zocalo public lecture series, and it makes for an informative read.

Another great novel by Furst.