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The Colors of Infamy
Albert Cossery, Alyson Waters
Paperback
A delightful, deeply funny novel about the triumph of the perfect prankster — an elegant gentleman pickpocket in Cairo.
Woolgathering
Patti Smith
Hardback
The National Book Award–winner Patti Smith presents a treasure box of a childhood memoir about “clear unspeakable joy” and “just the wish to know.”
The Hall of the Singing Caryatids
Victor Pelevin, Andrew Bromfield
Paperback
A far-out, far-fetched, and fiendishly funny story about a strange nightclub and its outrageous entertainment.
The Night Before Christmas
Nikolai Gogol, Constance Garnett
Paperback
Nikolai Gogol's hilarious and macabre tale of a Christmas Eve with a devil and a romantic twist.
The Wisdom Books: Job, Proverbs, and Ecclesiastes: A Translation with Commentary
Robert Alter
Paperback
First time in paperback: “One of the most ambitious literary projects of this or any age.”—Adam Kirsch, New Republic