The Joke\"A thoughtful, intricate, ambivalent novel with the reach of greatness in it.\" John Updike \"It is impossible to do justice here to the subtleties, comedy, and wisdom of this very beautiful novel. Milan Kundera is an artist, clearly one of the best to be found anywhere, who says that the good (and evil) that issues from men's souls matters much more than the deeds of a State. And he says it with passion, with good humor, and with love.\" Salman

and sheer indifference to fact

Postal Service

leading a double life

”—New York Times

The former middle distance Olympic runner and high-end escort speaks out for the first time about her battle with mental illness

along with Lisa Pulitzer

The Original Bad Boy: Get the true story behind the legendary temper

share the techniques they have successfully used with thousands of clients

figures his luck's about to change when Detroit used car salesman Frank Ryan catches him trying to boost a ride from Ryan's lot

and Alice has been chosen as her translator

she begins to suspect that Esta Hartford’s story and Nathan Emberlin’s may indeed converge in Faro—where the past not only casts a long shadow but still exerts a very present danger

But after 18 years she discovers the stork is once again on its way…