Random House New Releases - Between June 18, 2012 and July 18, 2013.

Inferno by Dan Brown

2013-05-14T00:30:00-05:00

Inferno A Novel
Written by Dan Brown

eBook, 480 pages | Doubleday | Fiction - Thrillers; Fiction - Suspense; Fiction - Adventure | $12.99 | May 14, 2013 | 978-0-385-53786-5 (0-385-53786-7)

In his international blockbusters The Da Vinci Code, Angels & Demons, and The Lost Symbol, Dan Brown masterfully fused history, art, codes, and symbols. In this riveting new thriller, Brown returns to his element and has crafted his highest-stakes novel to date.

In the heart of Italy, Harvard professor of symbology Robert Langdon is drawn into a harrowing world centered on one of history’s most enduring and mysterious literary masterpieces . . . Dante’s Inferno.

Against this backdrop, Langdon battles a chilling adversary and grapples with an ingenious riddle that pulls him into a landscape of classic art, secret passageways, and futuristic science. Drawing from Dante’s dark epic poem, Langdon races to find answers and decide whom to trust . . . before the world is irrevocably altered.

Inferno by Dan Brown

2013-05-14T00:30:00-05:00

Inferno A Novel
Written by Dan Brown

Hardcover, 480 pages | Doubleday | Fiction - Thrillers; Fiction - Suspense; Fiction - Adventure | $29.95 | May 14, 2013 | 978-0-385-53785-8 (0-385-53785-9)

Bad Monkey by Carl Hiaasen

2013-06-11T00:30:00-05:00

Bad Monkey
Written by Carl Hiaasen

Andrew Yancy—late of the Miami Police and soon-to-be-late of the Monroe County sheriff’s office—has a human arm in his freezer. There’s a logical (Hiaasenian) explanation for that, but not for how and why it parted from its shadowy owner. Yancy thinks the boating-accident/shark-luncheon explanation is full of holes, and if he can prove murder, the sheriff might rescue him from his grisly Health Inspector gig (it’s not called the roach patrol for nothing). But first—this being Hiaasen country—Yancy must negotiate an obstacle course of wildly unpredictable events with a crew of even more wildly unpredictable characters, including his just-ex lover, a hot-blooded fugitive from Kansas; the twitchy widow of the frozen arm; two avariciously optimistic real-estate speculators; the Bahamian voodoo witch known as the Dragon Queen, whose suitors are blinded unto death by her peculiar charms; Yancy’s new true love, a kinky coroner; and the eponymous bad monkey, who with hilarious aplomb earns his place among Carl Hiaasen’s greatest characters.

Here is Hiaasen doing what he does better than anyone else: spinning a tale at once fiercely pointed and wickedly funny in which the greedy, the corrupt, and the degraders of what’s left of pristine Florida—now, of the Bahamas as well—get their comeuppance in mordantly ingenious, diabolically entertaining fashion.

From the Hardcover edition.

The King's Deception by Steve Berry

2013-06-11T00:30:00-05:00

The King's Deception A Novel
Written by Steve Berry

Cotton Malone is back! Steve Berry’s new international adventure blends gripping contemporary political intrigue, Tudor treachery, and high-octane thrills into one riveting novel of suspense.

Cotton Malone and his fifteen-year-old son, Gary, are headed to Europe. As a favor to his former boss at the Justice Department, Malone agrees to escort a teenage fugitive back to England. But after he is greeted at gunpoint in London, both the fugitive and Gary disappear, and Malone learns that he’s stumbled into a high-stakes diplomatic showdown—an international incident fueled by geopolitical gamesmanship and shocking Tudor secrets.

At its heart is the Libyan terrorist convicted of bombing Pan Am Flight 103, who is set to be released by Scottish authorities for “humanitarian reasons.” An outraged American government objects, but nothing can persuade the British to intervene.

Except, perhaps, Operation King’s Deception.

Run by the CIA, the operation aims to solve a centuries-old mystery, one that could rock Great Britain to its royal foundations.

Blake Antrim, the CIA operative in charge of King’s Deception, is hunting for the spark that could rekindle a most dangerous fire, the one thing that every Irish national has sought for generations: a legal reason why the English must leave Northern Ireland. The answer is a long-buried secret that calls into question the legitimacy of the entire forty-five-year reign of Elizabeth I, the last Tudor monarch, who completed the conquest of Ireland and seized much of its land. But Antrim also has a more personal agenda, a twisted game of revenge in which Gary is a pawn. With assassins, traitors, spies, and dangerous disciples of a secret society closing in, Malone is caught in a lethal bind. To save Gary he must play one treacherous player against another—and only by uncovering the incredible truth can he hope to prevent the shattering consequences of the King’s Deception.

Praise for The King’s Deception

“A Dan Brown-ian secular conspiracy about the Virgin Queen driving nonstop international intrigue.”—Kirkus Reviews

Praise for Steve Berry

“Berry raises this genre’s stakes.”—The New York Times

“I love this guy.”—#1 New York Times bestselling author Lee Child

“Forget Clancy and Cussler. When it comes to this genre, there is simply no one better.”—The Providence Journal

From the Hardcover edition.

Bad Monkey by Carl Hiaasen

2013-06-11T00:30:00-05:00

Bad Monkey
Written by Carl Hiaasen

Lean In by Sheryl Sandberg

2013-03-11T00:30:00-05:00

Lean In Women, Work, and the Will to Lead
Written by Sheryl Sandberg

Thirty years after women became 50 percent of the college graduates in the United States, men still hold the vast majority of leadership positions in government and industry. This means that women’s voices are still not heard equally in the decisions that most affect our lives. In Lean In, Sheryl Sandberg examines why women’s progress in achieving leadership roles has stalled, explains the root causes, and offers compelling, commonsense solutions that can empower women to achieve their full potential.

Sandberg is the chief operating officer of Facebook and is ranked on Fortune’s list of the 50 Most Powerful Women in Business and as one of Time’s 100 Most Influential People in the World. In 2010, she gave an electrifying TEDTalk in which she described how women unintentionally hold themselves back in their careers. Her talk, which became a phenomenon and has been viewed more than two million times, encouraged women to “sit at the table,” seek challenges, take risks, and pursue their goals with gusto.

In Lean In, Sandberg digs deeper into these issues, combining personal anecdotes, hard data, and compelling research to cut through the layers of ambiguity and bias surrounding the lives and choices of working women. She recounts her own decisions, mistakes, and daily struggles to make the right choices for herself, her career, and her family. She provides practical advice on negotiation techniques, mentorship, and building a satisfying career, urging women to set boundaries and to abandon the myth of “having it all.” She describes specific steps women can take to combine professional achievement with personal fulfillment and demonstrates how men can benefit by supporting women in the workplace and at home.

Written with both humor and wisdom, Sandberg’s book is an inspiring call to action and a blueprint for individual growth. Lean In is destined to change the conversation from what women can’t do to what they can.

Pros and Cons: A Short Story by Lee Goldberg

2013-05-21T00:30:00-05:00

Pros and Cons: A Short Story
Written by Janet Evanovich and Lee Goldberg

eBook, 28 pages | Bantam | Fiction - Mystery & Detective - Women Sleuths; Fiction - Humorous; Fiction - Romance - Contemporary | $0.99 | May 21, 2013 | 978-0-345-54943-3 (0-345-54943-0)

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

Janet Evanovich and Lee Goldberg have teamed up for a dynamic new series featuring an FBI agent who’s on the hunt—and a master con artist who’s enjoying the chase. The con is on in this eBook original short story that’s a triumphant prequel to The Heist.

FBI special agent Kate O’Hare has made it her mission to nail international con artist Nicolas Fox. When she discovers his plot to plunder a venture capitalist’s twentieth-story Chicago penthouse of all its cash and treasures while the self-proclaimed “King of Hostile Takeovers” is getting married, Kate is 85 percent—okay maybe 92 percent—sure that she’s finally going to bag Nick Fox.

Problem is, first Kate has to convince her boss, building security, and maybe even herself, that wedding planner Merrill Stubing is actually Nicolas Fox. Second, she has to figure out how to corner and capture him without disrupting the event of the year. And third, what’s going to happen once O’Hare finally gets her hands on Fox? It’s going take a pro to catch a con before the fireworks over Lake Michigan go off.

Includes a sneak peek of The Heist, the first novel in the highly anticipated new series from Janet Evanovich and Lee Goldberg!

The King's Deception by Steve Berry

2013-06-11T00:30:00-05:00

The King's Deception A Novel
Written by Steve Berry

Dad Is Fat by Jim Gaffigan

2013-05-07T00:30:00-05:00

Dad Is Fat
Written by Jim Gaffigan

Hardcover, 288 pages | Crown Archetype | Humor - Topic - Family; Humor - Topic - Relationships; Humor - Form - Anecdotes | $25.00 | May 7, 2013 | 978-0-385-34905-5 (0-385-34905-X)

In Dad is Fat, stand-up comedian Jim Gaffigan, who’s best known for his legendary riffs on Hot Pockets, bacon, manatees, and McDonald's, expresses all the joys and horrors of life with five young children—everything from cousins ("celebrities for little kids") to toddlers’ communication skills (“they always sound like they have traveled by horseback for hours to deliver important news”), to the eating habits of four year olds (“there is no difference between a four year old eating a taco and throwing a taco on the floor”). Reminiscent of Bill Cosby’s Fatherhood, Dad is Fat is sharply observed, explosively funny, and a cry for help from a man who has realized he and his wife are outnumbered in their own home.

Keep It Pithy by Bill O'Reilly

2013-05-07T00:30:00-05:00

Keep It Pithy Useful Observations in a Tough World
Written by Bill O'Reilly

Hardcover, 160 pages | Crown Archetype | Political Science - Commentary & Opinion; Social Science - Popular Culture | $21.99 | May 7, 2013 | 978-0-385-34662-7 (0-385-34662-X)

From the bestselling author of Killing Lincoln and host of Fox News' top show The O'Reilly Factor, the best of Bill O’Reilly’s provocative writing—reflecting his ideas, wisdom, and core values

Bill O’Reilly is one of the most recognized and talked-about journalists of our time. With an unparalleled track record as an author and with the #1-rated Fox News show, The O’Reilly Factor, O’Reilly has become a veritable institution of political insight and keen advice. In Keep It Pithy, O’Reilly offers a classic collection of the most memorable writings from his bestselling books, and looks back at how his opinions and ideas have been proven right or wrong by the passage of time. With his trademark candor and no-nonsense approach, each chapter focuses on a core theme as it gathers O’Reilly’s thoughts on the most compelling issues of our time and provides readers an illuminating guide to the American cultural landscape.

A spirited and personal book, Keep It Pithy is the perfect addition to an O’Reilly fan’s library, or the best introduction for the few left uninitiated.

George R. R. Martin's A Game of Thrones 5-Book Boxed Set (Song of Ice and Fire Series) by George R.R. Martin

2012-09-10T00:30:00-05:00

George R. R. Martin's A Game of Thrones 5-Book Boxed Set (Song of Ice and Fire Series) A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, A Feast for Crows, and and A Dance with Dragons
Written by George R.R. Martin

For the first time, all five novels in the epic fantasy series that inspired HBO’s Game of Thrones are together in one eBook bundle. An immersive entertainment experience unlike any other, A Song of Ice and Fire has earned George R. R. Martin—dubbed “the American Tolkien” by Time magazine—international acclaim and millions of loyal readers. Now this bundle collects the entire monumental cycle in the most convenient format available:

A GAME OF THRONES
A CLASH OF KINGS
A STORM OF SWORDS
A FEAST OF CROWS
A DANCE WITH DRAGONS

“One of the best series in the history of fantasy.”—Los Angeles Times

Winter is coming. Such is the stern motto of House Stark, the northernmost of the fiefdoms that owe allegiance to King Robert Baratheon in far-off King’s Landing. There Eddard Stark of Winterfell rules in Robert’s name. There his family dwells in peace and comfort: his proud wife, Catelyn; his sons Robb, Brandon, and Rickon; his daughters Sansa and Arya; and his bastard son, Jon Snow. Far to the north, behind the towering Wall, lie savage Wildings and worse—unnatural things relegated to myth during the centuries-long summer, but proving all too real and all too deadly in the turning of the season.

Yet a more immediate threat lurks to the south, where Jon Arryn, the Hand of the King, has died under mysterious circumstances. Now Robert is riding north to Winterfell, bringing his queen, the lovely but cold Cersei, his son, the cruel, vainglorious Prince Joffrey, and the queen’s brothers Jaime and Tyrion of the powerful and wealthy House Lannister—the first a swordsman without equal, the second a dwarf whose stunted stature belies a brilliant mind. All are heading for Winterfell and a fateful encounter that will change the course of kingdoms.

Meanwhile, across the Narrow Sea, Prince Viserys, heir of the fallen House Targaryen, which once ruled all of Westeros, schemes to reclaim the throne with an army of barbarian Dothraki—whose loyalty he will purchase in the only coin left to him: his beautiful yet innocent sister, Daenerys.

“Long live George Martin . . . a literary dervish, enthralled by complicated characters and vivid language, and bursting with the wild vision of the very best tale tellers.”—The New York Times

Deeply Odd by Dean Koontz

2013-05-28T00:30:00-05:00

Deeply Odd An Odd Thomas Novel
Written by Dean Koontz

eBook, 352 pages | Bantam | Fiction - Thrillers; Fiction - Fantasy; Fiction - Horror | $12.99 | May 28, 2013 | 978-0-345-53569-6 (0-345-53569-3)

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

The pistol appeared in his hand the way a dove appears in the hand of a good magician, as if it materialized out of thin air. “You think I won’t do it right here in the open. But you’d be surprised. . . . You’ll drop before you get the breath to scream.”

The truck driver is decked out like a rhinestone cowboy, only instead of a guitar he’s slinging a gun—and Odd Thomas is on the wrong end of the barrel. Though he narrowly dodges a bullet, Odd can’t outrun the shocking vision burned into his mind . . . or the destiny that will drive him into a harrowing showdown with absolute evil.

DEEPLY ODD

How do you make sure a crime that hasn’t happened yet, never does? That’s the critical question facing Odd Thomas, the young man with a unique ability to commune with restless spirits and help them find justice and peace. But this time, it’s the living who desperately need Odd on their side. Three helpless innocents will be brutally executed unless Odd can intervene in time. Who the potential victims are and where they can be found remain a mystery. The only thing Odd knows for sure is who the killer will be: the homicidal stranger who tried to shoot him dead in a small-town parking lot.

With the ghost of Alfred Hitchcock riding shotgun and a network of unlikely allies providing help along the way, Odd embarks on an interstate game of cat and mouse with his sinister quarry. He will soon learn that his adversary possesses abilities that may surpass his own and operates in service to infinitely more formidable foes, with murder a mere prelude to much deeper designs. Traveling across a landscape haunted by portents of impending catastrophe, Odd will do what he must and go where his path leads him, drawing ever closer to the dark heart of his long journey—and, perhaps, to the bright light beyond.

ACCLAIM FOR DEAN KOONTZ AND HIS ODD THOMAS NOVELS

“Koontz gives his character wit, good humor, a familiarity with the dark side of humanity—and moral outrage.”—USA Today

“This is Koontz working at his pinnacle, providing terrific entertainment that deals seriously with some of the deepest themes of human existence: the nature of evil, the grip of fate and the power of love.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review)

“Supernatural thrills with a side of laughs.”—The Denver Post

“The nice young fry cook with the occult powers is Koontz’s most likable creation . . . candid, upright, amusing and sometimes withering.”—The New York Times

From the Hardcover edition.

Animal Crossing: New Leaf by Stephen Stratton

2013-06-09T00:30:00-05:00

Animal Crossing: New Leaf Prima Official Game Guide
Written by Stephen Stratton

Animal Crossing: New Leaf Prima Official Game Guide includes:

·      You’re the mayor – learn about changing shop hours, building facilities, adding new features to your town and more.
·      Discover something new every day – this guide will show you what special things you can do each day of the year, right down to the best time to do it so that you don’t miss a thing.
·      Detailed furniture catalog – see how to acquire each piece of furniture for customizing your house and each accessory for your character.
·      Checklists for everything – keep track of items you get with checklists that cover each type of collectable.
·      Smaller trim size for portability, over 400 pages of content and a dust jacket for protecting the guide.

The Engagements by J. Courtney Sullivan

2013-06-11T00:30:00-05:00

The Engagements
Written by J. Courtney Sullivan

From the New York Times best-selling author of Commencement and Maine comes a gorgeous, sprawling novel about marriage—about those who marry in a white heat of passion, those who marry for partnership and comfort, and those who live together, love each other, and have absolutely no intention of ruining it all with a wedding.

Evelyn has been married to her husband for forty years—forty years since he slipped off her first wedding ring and put his own in its place. Delphine has seen both sides of love—the ecstatic, glorious highs of seduction, and the bitter, spiteful fury that descends when it’s over. James, a paramedic who works the night shift, knows his wife’s family thinks she could have done better; while Kate, partnered with Dan for a decade, has seen every kind of wedding—beach weddings, backyard weddings, castle weddings—and has vowed never, ever, to have one of her own.

As these lives and marriages unfold in surprising ways, we meet Frances Gerety, a young advertising copywriter in 1947. Frances is working on the De Beers campaign and she needs a signature line, so, one night before bed, she scribbles a phrase on a scrap of paper: “A Diamond Is Forever.” And that line changes everything.

A rich, layered, exhilarating novel spanning nearly a hundred years, The Engagements captures four wholly unique marriages, while tracing the story of diamonds in America, and the way—for better or for worse—these glittering stones have come to symbolize our deepest hopes for everlasting love.

This ebook edition includes a Reading Group Guide.

Lean In by Sheryl Sandberg

2013-03-11T00:30:00-05:00

Lean In Women, Work, and the Will to Lead
Written by Sheryl Sandberg

The Perfect Tea Party (Disney Junior: Sofia the First) by RH Disney

2013-06-11T00:30:00-05:00

The Perfect Tea Party (Disney Junior: Sofia the First)
Written by Andrea Posner-Sanchez
Illustrated by RH Disney

Disney Junior has a new Disney princess! Girls ages 2–5 will love Sofia the First—the new animated TV show about an eight-year old girl who becomes a princess when her mother marries the king. Living in a castle and attending school at Royal Prep takes some getting used to, but Sofia has lots of helpers including Flora, Fauna, and Merryweather! This Little Golden Book retells an episode of the Disney Junior show in which Sofia hosts her first royal tea party.

Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan

2013-06-11T00:30:00-05:00

Crazy Rich Asians
Written by Kevin Kwan

Crazy Rich Asians is the outrageously funny debut novel about three super-rich, pedigreed Chinese families and the gossip, backbiting, and scheming that occurs when the heir to one of the most massive fortunes in Asia brings home his ABC (American-born Chinese) girlfriend to the wedding of the season.
When Rachel Chu agrees to spend the summer in Singapore with her boyfriend, Nicholas Young, she envisions a humble family home, long drives to explore the island, and quality time with the man she might one day marry. What she doesn't know is that Nick's family home happens to look like a palace, that she'll ride in more private planes than cars, and that with one of Asia's most eligible bachelors on her arm, Rachel might as well have a target on her back. Initiated into a world of dynastic splendor beyond imagination, Rachel meets Astrid, the It Girl of Singapore society; Eddie, whose family practically lives in the pages of the Hong Kong socialite magazines; and Eleanor, Nick's formidable mother, a woman who has very strong feelings about who her son should--and should not--marry. Uproarious, addictive, and filled with jaw-dropping opulence, Crazy Rich Asians is an insider's look at the Asian JetSet; a perfect depiction of the clash between old money and new money; between Overseas Chinese and Mainland Chinese; and a fabulous novel about what it means to be young, in love, and gloriously, crazily rich.

Revolutionary Summer by Joseph J. Ellis

2013-06-04T00:30:00-05:00

Revolutionary Summer The Birth of American Independence
Written by Joseph J. Ellis

A distinctive portrait of the crescendo moment in American history from the Pulitzer-winning American historian, Joseph Ellis.

The summer months of 1776 witnessed the most consequential events in the story of our country’s founding. While the thirteen colonies came together and agreed to secede from the British Empire, the British were dispatching the largest armada ever to cross the Atlantic to crush the rebellion in the cradle. The Continental Congress and the Continental Army were forced to make decisions on the run, improvising as history congealed around them. In a brilliant and seamless narrative, Ellis meticulously examines the most influential figures in this propitious moment, including George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, and Britain’s Admiral Lord Richard and General William Howe. He weaves together the political and military experiences as two sides of a single story, and shows how events on one front influenced outcomes on the other.
Revolutionary Summer tells an old story in a new way, with a freshness at once colorful and compelling.

Busted (Novella) by Karin Slaughter

2013-05-28T00:30:00-05:00

Busted (Novella)
Written by Karin Slaughter

eBook, 68 pages | Dell | Fiction - Suspense; Fiction - Thrillers; Fiction - Mystery & Detective | $1.99 | May 28, 2013 | 978-0-345-54542-8 (0-345-54542-7)

From Karin Slaughter comes a fast and furious tale in which no one is quite who they seem. This electrifying eBook novella featuring Will Trent is a prequel to Slaughter’s upcoming novel, Unseen.

Detective Will Trent is standing in a Georgia convenience store, waiting on an obstinate Icee frozen drink machine. To the surveillance cameras and bored staff of the Lil’ Dixie Gas-n-Go, however, Will appears to be someone very different—the menacing ex-con Bill Black. Going undercover as Bill, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation agent is about to infiltrate the most corrupt town in the most corrupt county in the new American South. But first: his Icee.

Everything changes in one horrific instant, as all hell breaks loose at the Lil’ Dixie. A cop is shot. A bag of cash goes flying across the floor. A young woman disappears while a killer takes off in a battered pick-up truck. Within seconds, Will is in pursuit.

Includes an exclusive preview of Karin Slaughter’s thrilling new novel of suspense, Unseen.

PRAISE FOR THE CRIME FICTION OF KARIN SLAUGHTER

“Karin Slaughter is one of the best crime novelists in America.”—The Washington Post

“Crime fiction at its finest.”—Michael Connelly

“An absolute master.”—Chicago Tribune

“Slaughter writes with a razor. . . . Better than Cornwell can ever hope to be.”—The Plain Dealer

“Slaughter will have you on the edge of your seat.”—Seattle Post-Intelligencer

“One of the boldest thriller writers working today.”—Tess Gerritsen

“Move over, Catherine Coulter—Slaughter may be today’s top female suspense writer.”—Library Journal (starred review)

The Burgess Boys by Elizabeth Strout

2013-03-26T00:30:00-05:00

The Burgess Boys A Novel
Written by Elizabeth Strout

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

Elizabeth Strout “animates the ordinary with an astonishing force,” wrote The New Yorker on the publication of her Pulitzer Prize–winning Olive Kitteridge. The San Francisco Chronicle praised Strout’s “magnificent gift for humanizing characters.” Now the acclaimed author returns with a stunning novel as powerful and moving as any work in contemporary literature.

Haunted by the freak accident that killed their father when they were children, Jim and Bob Burgess escaped from their Maine hometown of Shirley Falls for New York City as soon as they possibly could. Jim, a sleek, successful corporate lawyer, has belittled his bighearted brother their whole lives, and Bob, a Legal Aid attorney who idolizes Jim, has always taken it in stride. But their long-standing dynamic is upended when their sister, Susan—the Burgess sibling who stayed behind—urgently calls them home. Her lonely teenage son, Zach, has gotten himself into a world of trouble, and Susan desperately needs their help. And so the Burgess brothers return to the landscape of their childhood, where the long-buried tensions that have shaped and shadowed their relationship begin to surface in unexpected ways that will change them forever.

With a rare combination of brilliant storytelling, exquisite prose, and remarkable insight into character, Elizabeth Strout has brought to life two deeply human protagonists whose struggles and triumphs will resonate with readers long after they turn the final page. Tender, tough-minded, loving, and deeply illuminating about the ties that bind us to family and home, The Burgess Boys is Elizabeth Strout’s newest and perhaps most astonishing work of literary art.

Praise for The Burgess Boys

“Elizabeth Strout’s first two books, Abide with Me and Amy and Isabelle, were highly thought of, and her third, Olive Kitteridge, won the Pulitzer Prize in fiction. But The Burgess Boys, her most recent novel, is her best yet.”—The Boston Globe

“No one should be surprised by the poignancy and emotional vigor of Elizabeth Strout’s new novel. But the broad social and political range of The Burgess Boys shows just how impressively this extraordinary writer continues to develop.”—The Washington Post

“Strout’s greatest gift as a writer, outside a diamond-sharp precision that packs 320 fast-paced pages full of insight, is her ability to let the reader in on all the rancor of her characters without making any of them truly detestable. . . . Strout creates a portrait of an American community in turmoil that’s as ambitious as Philip Roth’s American Pastoral but more intimate in tone.”—Time

“What truly makes Strout exceptional—and her latest supple and penetrating novel so profoundly affecting—is the perfect balance she achieves between the tides of story and depths of feeling. . . . Every element in Strout’s graceful, many-faceted novel is keenly observed, lustrously imagined and trenchantly interpreted.”—Chicago Tribune

“Strout deftly exposes the tensions that fester among families. But she also takes a broader view, probing cultural divides. . . . Illustrating the power of roots, Strout assures us we can go home again—though we may not want to.”—O: The Oprah Magazine

From the Hardcover edition.

Random House New Releases - Between June 18, 2012 and July 18, 2013.

Inferno by Dan Brown

Inferno A NovelWritten by Dan Brown

Inferno by Dan Brown

Inferno A NovelWritten by Dan Brown

Bad Monkey by Carl Hiaasen

Bad Monkey Written by Carl Hiaasen

The King's Deception by Steve Berry

The King's Deception A NovelWritten by Steve Berry

Bad Monkey by Carl Hiaasen

Bad Monkey Written by Carl Hiaasen

Lean In by Sheryl Sandberg

Lean In Women, Work, and the Will to LeadWritten by Sheryl Sandberg

Pros and Cons: A Short Story by Lee Goldberg

Pros and Cons: A Short Story Written by Janet Evanovich and Lee Goldberg

The King's Deception by Steve Berry

The King's Deception A NovelWritten by Steve Berry

Dad Is Fat by Jim Gaffigan

Dad Is Fat Written by Jim Gaffigan

Keep It Pithy by Bill O'Reilly

Keep It Pithy Useful Observations in a Tough WorldWritten by Bill O'Reilly

George R. R. Martin's A Game of Thrones 5-Book Boxed Set (Song of Ice and Fire Series) by George R.R. Martin

George R. R. Martin's A Game of Thrones 5-Book Boxed Set (Song of Ice and Fire Series) A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, A Feast for Crows, and and A Dance with DragonsWritten by George R.R. Martin

Deeply Odd by Dean Koontz

Deeply Odd An Odd Thomas NovelWritten by Dean Koontz

Animal Crossing: New Leaf by Stephen Stratton

Animal Crossing: New Leaf Prima Official Game GuideWritten by Stephen Stratton

The Engagements by J. Courtney Sullivan

The Engagements Written by J. Courtney Sullivan

Lean In by Sheryl Sandberg

Lean In Women, Work, and the Will to LeadWritten by Sheryl Sandberg

The Perfect Tea Party (Disney Junior: Sofia the First) by RH Disney

The Perfect Tea Party (Disney Junior: Sofia the First) Written by Andrea Posner-Sanchez Illustrated by RH Disney

Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan

Crazy Rich Asians Written by Kevin Kwan

Revolutionary Summer by Joseph J. Ellis

Revolutionary Summer The Birth of American IndependenceWritten by Joseph J. Ellis

Busted (Novella) by Karin Slaughter

Busted (Novella) Written by Karin Slaughter

The Burgess Boys by Elizabeth Strout

The Burgess Boys A NovelWritten by Elizabeth Strout

Inferno A Novel
Written by Dan Brown

Inferno A Novel
Written by Dan Brown

Bad Monkey
Written by Carl Hiaasen

The King's Deception A Novel
Written by Steve Berry

Bad Monkey
Written by Carl Hiaasen

Lean In Women, Work, and the Will to Lead
Written by Sheryl Sandberg

Pros and Cons: A Short Story
Written by Janet Evanovich and Lee Goldberg

The King's Deception A Novel
Written by Steve Berry

Dad Is Fat
Written by Jim Gaffigan

Keep It Pithy Useful Observations in a Tough World
Written by Bill O'Reilly

George R. R. Martin's A Game of Thrones 5-Book Boxed Set (Song of Ice and Fire Series) A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, A Feast for Crows, and and A Dance with Dragons
Written by George R.R. Martin

Deeply Odd An Odd Thomas Novel
Written by Dean Koontz

Animal Crossing: New Leaf Prima Official Game Guide
Written by Stephen Stratton

The Engagements
Written by J. Courtney Sullivan

Lean In Women, Work, and the Will to Lead
Written by Sheryl Sandberg

The Perfect Tea Party (Disney Junior: Sofia the First)
Written by Andrea Posner-Sanchez
Illustrated by RH Disney

Crazy Rich Asians
Written by Kevin Kwan

Revolutionary Summer The Birth of American Independence
Written by Joseph J. Ellis

Busted (Novella)
Written by Karin Slaughter

The Burgess Boys A Novel
Written by Elizabeth Strout