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Thanks to its wicked style and pacing, Mule lets me forget I m reading serious literature while I follow its terrifying story into the land of the all-American damned. Walter Kirn, author of Up in the Air
Mule is swift, taut, and relentless, both a rip-roaring drug tale and a fascinating portrait of a decent human being whose morals slowly disintegrate under unbearable financial strain. Lauren Groff, author of The Monsters of Templeton
James and Kate are golden children of the late twentieth century, flush with opportunity. But an economic downturn and...

Francisco D'Sai is a firstborn son of a firstborn son all the way back to the beginning of a long line of proud Konkans. Known as the "Jews of India," the Konkans kneeled before the Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama's sword and before Saint Francis Xavier s cross, abandoned their Hindu traditions, and became Catholics. In 1973 Francisco's Konkan father, Lawrence, and American mother, Denise, move to Chicago, where Francisco is born. His father, who does his best to assimilate into American culture, drinks a lot and speaks little. But his mother, who served in the Peace Corps in India, and...

Collects: Through Time and Space, and Doctor Who Vol. 1: Fugitive.

"Untold Life Experiences" is about a little boy who is brought up in hostile environments. Initially, his life looked bright. It was crashed by a painful divorce of his parents. He winds up in unstable homes and is entangled in hatred, enviousness, and abuse. His adolescent life portrays delinquency, truancy, and thievery.

He seems to be pushing life too fast. He experiences the taste of love, misery, and mystery at an early age. His love for travels and anxious for success are always taunted by negative life experiences. Strange life experiences which have crossed his steps are...

Such was prize-fighting's appeal during the 18th and 19th centuries that, at its zenith, the sport was patronised by royalty and aristocracy and, notwithstanding its illegality, its contests often attracted thousands of spectators from all walks of life. Up to Scratch covers bare knuckle fighting from early English stage bouts to boxing's transitional period between knuckles and gloves. Although concentrating mainly on a region, then just north of the metropolis, which was a favourite venue of the London prize-ring, it is essentially an anecdotal account of what was unquestionably...