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  • The Washington Square Ensemble

    by Madison Smartt Bell ...
    Seven men tell their stories of survival on the streets of 1980s New York City in this gritty debut novel by the National Book Award–finalist.Like most New Yorkers, Johnny B. Goode hustles to make a living. His beat happens to be pharmaceutical distribution. His place of business, Washington Square Park. Over the course of one weekend, he and his crew of "retailers" sell their product to students, ... Read more

    $9.89 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    And Other Stories

    by Madison Smartt Bell ...
    From the National Book Award–finalist: This "brilliant" story collection exploring the lives of dispossessed Americans is "one of his best achievements" ( The Washington Post).Thematically focused on hard-luck characters trapped by desperate circumstances, Bell once again showcases his range and versatility in these eleven deeply felt stories. Whether in the Deep South or the grim Northeast; ... Read more

    $9.89 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Doctor Sleep

    by Madison Smartt Bell ...
    Sophisticated suspense from a National Book Award finalist, about a hypnotist tormented by insomnia and a hunt for a killer: "Excellent…revelatory writing."— The Washington Post Book WorldAdrian Strother is a hypnotherapist who, paradoxically, can't get to sleep. He's left New York to ply his trade in a depressed section of London, treating phobias and addictions and doing the occasional job for ... Read more

    $14.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Soldier's Joy

    by Madison Smartt Bell ...
    A Vietnam vet returns to rural Tennessee in this acclaimed novel from the National Book Award–nominated author of Save Me, Joe Louis.After the horrors of Vietnam, Thomas Laidlaw returns to his home in rural Tennessee where he spends his days raising sheep and growing vegetables. At night he likes to roam the quiet countryside and practice his banjo, revelling in the roots music he finds so ... Read more

    $11.19 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Waiting for the End of the World

    by Madison Smartt Bell ...
    An "exhilirating" novel of domestic terrorism in the gritty streets of 1980s New York from the National Book Award–finalist and author of Straight Cut ( The New Yorker).As a staff photographer at Bellevue hospital in Manhattan, Clarence Dmitri Larkin is exposed to the fraying underbelly of New York City. Drawn in by the stories of the sick, the lost, and the insane, Larkin's own dark impulses lead ... Read more

    $11.19 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Barking Man

    And Other Stories

    by Madison Smartt Bell ...
    A "brave, accomplished and utterly compelling" short story collection from the National Book Award–finalist author of Zig Zag Wanderer ( Kirkus Reviews).Deploying a seemingly unlimited range of subject and setting, Bell's latest collection of stories are as inventive as they are revelatory. From a monastic Chinese mouse who ponders his lot in life to the aching frustrations of a former drug addict ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Zig Zag Wanderer

    Stories from Here, Stories from There

    by Madison Smartt Bell ...
    A story collection spanning New York to Haiti and beyond from the National Book Award–finalist and author of Barking Man.Spanning twenty years, Bell's third collection of stories showcases his phenomenal literary range and his unwavering focus on characters looking in from the outside. Punks, hustlers, and lost souls of all ages and backgrounds are drawn with an exquisite eye for detail and ... Read more

    $9.89 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Year of Silence

    by Madison Smartt Bell ...
    The National Book Award–finalist movingly examines the lives of a group of New Yorkers deeply affected by one woman's troubled life— and death.Marian is haunted by an unspoken past reflected in the choices she makes. Whether it's her drug addiction or her dubious affairs, she finds herself increasingly adrift and alone. Yet in a city of millions, her story plays a part in the lives of others.Jaded ... Read more

    $11.19 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Devil's Dream

    A Novel About Nathan Bedford Forrest

    by Madison Smartt Bell ...
    A powerful new novel about Nathan Bedford Forrest, the most reviled, celebrated, and legendary of Civil War generals. With the same eloquence, dramatic energy, and grasp of history that marked his award-winning fictional trilogy of the Haitian Revolution, Madison Smartt Bell now turns his gaze to America’s Civil War. We see Forrest on and off the battlefield, in less familiar but no less revealing ... Read more

    Was $13.99 CAD Now $11.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Straight Cut

    by Madison Smartt Bell ...
    An American film editor is caught up in Europe's drug underworld in a "spare and cinematic" character study by the award-winning author of Soldier's Joy ( Time).Tracy Bateman eeks out a meager existence as a freelance film editor. Other than alcohol, his closest companion is a dog dying of cancer. And his wife, Lauren, is off with his friend Kevin, who's also his occasional employer. Prospects are ... Read more

    $12.79 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Toussaint Louverture

    by Madison Smartt Bell ...
    At the end of the 1700s, French Saint Domingue was the richest and most brutal colony in the Western Hemisphere. A mere twelve years later, however, Haitian rebels had defeated the Spanish, British, and French and declared independence after the first—and only—successful slave revolt in history. Much of the success of the revolution must be credited to one man, Toussaint Louverture, a figure about ... Read more

    Was $14.99 CAD Now $6.99 CAD

  • The Color of Night

    by Madison Smartt Bell ...
    Series series Vintage Contemporaries
    Mae, a blackjack dealer in a Las Vegas casino, spends her free time wandering the desert with a rifle, or sitting in her trailer obsessively watching replays of an old lover escaping the wreckage of 9/11. What she sees in those images is different from what the rest of us would see. She revels in the pure anarchy, thrills at the destruction. These images recall memories of a childhood marked by ... Read more

    Was $12.99 CAD Now $9.99 CAD