The Roving Party

Set in Tasmania during the early nineteenth century, Rohan Wilson’s novel chronicles a despicable era of anti-aboriginal violence, with shades of Cormac McCarthy and Homeric tragedy for good measure.

Quantum Quest

March 14: “The quantum theory of radiation and electrical conduction underlies all of modern information technology.”  

Defending Darwin

March 13: “The jail and the penitentiary are not the institutions planted by colonists in a new country, or by pioneers in a new state.”  

The Splendid Things We Planned

Blake Bailey — acclaimed biographer of John Cheever and other giants — reveals his affinity for the troubled lives of his subjects, in an aching memoir of brotherhood, addiction, and love.