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])