GENTLY CYNICAL TALE of big college football sends a diffident grad student roadtripping with a legendary coach.

ADMIRABLY COMPREHENSIVE, ENTERTAINING social history of marijuana makes some solid points about public policy.

A REPORTER BATTLING inner demons investigates a murder, interviews sex offenders. Vivid New Orleans details.

OFFBEAT, DARK SATIRE about a little Russian boy afflicted with hiccups and the odd ducks who try to cure him.

FAST-PACED FUTURE THRILLER revolves around an experimental drug that can be used for mind control. Chilling!

CHATTY BIOGRAPHY OF the late, great rock icon Freddie Mercury has an insider feel, if no profound depths.

A DISGRACED DOCTOR UNCOVERS a sordid web of crime in this classic Italian sixties pulp novel (newly translated).

A MAGNIFICENT LOVE LETTER to the city of Venice, in the form of an engaging, richly detailed work of history.

THE DETECTIVE ADVENTURES of a gentle but worldly (a WWII combat veteran!) vicar in 1950s England. Charming.

A HAZY TANGLE OF EMOTIONS comes to light under the French sun in this Woolf-esque tragicomedy of manners.