Oct. 27 at 7:30 p.m: Alan Hollinghurst at Magers & Quinn, 3038 Hennepin Av. S., Mpls.
Hollinghurst's newest novel, "The Stranger's Child," is a tragic love story about a young gay poet who dies in World War I, leaving behind a body of work that is pored over for generations. Hollinghurst won the Man Booker Prize in 2004 for "The Line of Beauty," about gay love in Margaret Thatcher's England. His newest was long-listed for this year's Booker but didn't make the short list -- a huge surprise in most literary circles.
- Alfred A. Knopf, Oct. 11
"Glass" by Sam Savage: The newest by the author of "Firmin" examines a marriage from inside the mind of a widow.
- Coffee House Press
"Nightwoods," by Charles Frazier: A young woman in North Carolina raises her murdered sister's twins. By the author of "Cold Mountain."
Random House, Sept. 27 Appearing at the Bookcase of Wayzata, 7 p.m. Oct. 24.
"Lost Memory of Skin," by Russell Banks: A young man, newly released from prison, must make his way in the world.
Ecco, Sept. 27. Appearing at Magers & Quinn, 3038 Hennepin Av. S., Mpls. 7:30 p.m. Oct. 18.
"American Boy," by Larry Watson: A young woman is shot on Thanksgiving Day 1962 in a small Minnesota town.
- Milkweed Editions, Oct. 1
"Boomerang: Travels in the New Third World," by Michael Lewis: The author of "The Big Short" writes about how the U.S. financial crisis has affected the rest of the world.
