This Week's (Belated) Acquisitions
- David Rocklin, The Night Language (Vireo, 2017). Historical novel based on the experiences of the very short-lived Prince Alamayou (Alemayehu) in England. (Amazon)
- Gregory Maguire, Hiddensee: A Tale of the Once and Future Nutcracker (Morrow, 2017). Yet another of Maguire's literary reworkings, this time of E. T. A. Hoffman. (Amazon)
- Roberto Tiraboschi, The Apothecary's Shop: A Novel of Venice 1118 AD, trans. Katherine Gregor (Europa, 2017). A young girl vanishes mysteriously, and the repercussions reveal some very dark secrets indeed. (Lift Bridge)