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Title	Author	Description
A Game of Hide and Seek Game of Hide and Seek	Elizabeth Taylor Taylor	Harriet comes of age between the wars. She’s not especially charming or attractive, but she has one passion in her life: Vesey. Nothing, not marriage to another man, or motherhood, will change that. “Taylor is finally being recognised as an important British author: an author of great subtlety, great compassion and great depth.”—Sarah Waters Contributors: Caleb Crain
The Mountain Lion Mountain Lion	Jean Stafford Stafford	“The Mountain Lion remains a brilliant achievement, an exploration of adolescence to set beside Carson McCullers’s masterwork The Member of the Wedding.” —Joyce Carol Oates Contributors: Kathryn Davis
The Judges of the Secret Court Judges of the Secret Court	David Stacton Stacton	Stacton’s historical recreation of John Wilkes Booth’s plot to assassinate Lincoln, its execution, and its aftermath (including the trials of the conspirators, Mary Surratt among them) is among the finest books ever written about the Civil War. “David Stacton is an original, finely pitched voice in American fiction.” —Larry McMurtry Contributors: John Crowley
Store of the Worlds: The Stories of Robert Sheckley Store of the Worlds	Robert Sheckley Sheckley	An original collection of stories from an overlooked master. “One of the few acknowledged humorists in SF, and by far the funniest, Sheckley plays with myths the way Mel Brooks plays with classic movies.” —The New York Times Book Review Contributors: Jonathan Lethem, Alex Abramovich
The Unrest-Cure and Other Stories Unrest-Cure and Other Stories	Saki Saki	“Weird, but in a good way” is how The Guardian describes Saki’s fantastical stories, set in Edwardian drawing rooms and garden parties. The same words might be used to describe the illustrations Edward Gorey drew for this selection of Saki’s work, originally commissioned by a Swiss publisher, and never before widely available in an English-language edition. Contributors: Edward Gorey
After Claude After Claude	Iris Owens Owens	Funny and foulmouthed, Harriet tears around Greenwich Village insulting friend and foe alike. But when “the French rat” Claude leaves her (or did she leave Claude?), Harriet is adrift. That is, until she discovers an unlikely savior in a dark room at the Chelsea Hotel. “Spikey with mockery, carbon steel wit and mature observation.” —The Village Voice Contributors: Emily Prager
The Pumpkin Eater Pumpkin Eater	Penelope Mortimer Mortimer	An exquisitely surreal black comedy about marriage, motherhood, and the madness of modern life. "(Mortimer) is the family historian of the smart, go ahead, two-car household which has a double load of private misery packed in each boot." —Robert Pitman, Sunday Express Contributors: Daphne Merkin
Hav Hav	Jan Morris Morris	In Hav, famed travel-writer Jan Morris takes us on a guided tour through one of the most fascinating places on earth, the fabled city-state of Hav. But don’t be fooled: Hav is like no place on earth. In fact, it is wholly the product of Jan Morris’s prodigious imagination. “Last Letters from Hav,” the first part of this novel, was shortlisted for the Booker prize in 1985. Here Morris adds a second part, bringing the story up to date for the post–9/11 world. Contributors: Ursula K. Le Guin
The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne	Brian Moore Moore	A deeply sympathetic portrait of a Belfast woman, come down in the world and denied the comforts once granted to her sort (from the Catholic Church, from her genteel friends), who has a shameful secret. This is the book that launched Brian Moore’s career. Contributors: Mary Gordon
The Mangan Inheritance Mangan Inheritance	Brian Moore Moore	After his movie-star wife dispenses with him, Jamey Mangan decamps to Ireland in search of his roots. After all, he bears an uncanny resemblance to the only known photograph of the famous Irish poète maudit James Clarence Mangan. Filled with pathos and humor, The Mangan Inheritance is a cautionary tale for those seeking their presents in their pasts. Contributors: Christopher Ricks