The Burning Land: A Novel

In a clash of heroes, the kingdom is born. At the end of the ninth century, King Alfred of Wessex is in ill health; his heir, an untested youth.

The Temptation of the Impossible:

Victor Hugo and Les Misérables

Mario Vargas Llosa

John King, translator

Princeton University Press

232 pages

Hardcover $24.95

978-0-691-13111-5

Here, in this compelling book, readers can enjoy the fascinating encounter between two literary giants: Mario Vargas Llosa and Victor Hugo.

Kafka by Robert Crumb and David Zane Mairowitz

Fantagraphics Books

978-1-56097-806-0

Trade Paperback

Franz Kafka said, “What do I have in common with the Jews?

Mr. Sebastian and the Negro Magician

By Daniel Wallace

Doubleday, 257 pages

ISBN 0-385-52109-X

Henry Walker, the magician in Jeremiah Mosgrove’s Chinese Circus, has been having problems: he “can’t do a trick to save his life.” Yet before joining the circus, as the shadowy Mr.