This Week's Acquisitions
- John Williams, Augustus (NYRB, 2014). Reprint of Williams' historical novel about the career of Octavian, from kid to Roman emperor. (Amazon)
- John Harding, One Big Damn Puzzler (Harper Perennial, 2006). Satirical novel about Anglo-American colonization in the South Pacific, aftereffects, and do-gooders. (Amazon [secondhand])
- Ian Weir, Daniel O'Thunder (Douglas & McIntire, 2009). In Victorian England, an ex-boxer takes on...Satan? (Amazon [secondhand])