NBS recommends early summer reads
Kitchen
By Banana Yoshimoto
MANILA, Philippines - Banana Yoshimoto’s novels have made her a sensation in Japan and all over the world, and Kitchen, the dazzling English-language debut that is still her best-loved book, is an enchantingly original and deeply affecting book about mothers, love, tragedy, and the power of the kitchen and home in the lives of a pair of free-spirited young women in contemporary Japan.
Lonesome Traveler
By Jack Kerouac
Jack Kerouac tells the exhilarating story of the years when he was writing the books that captivated and infuriated the public, restless years of wandering during which he worked as a railway brakeman in California, a steward on a tramp steamer, and a fire lookout on the crest of Desolation Peak in the Cascade Mountains.
The Best of the Saint: Volume One
By Leslie Charteris
On the side of the law and yet outside it, the Saint — exciting, debonair, and very slightly disreputable — lives for adventure. Here he is at his ebullient best, spreading terror among London’s drug dealers, rescuing a lady crook from distress and much more. Introduced by passionate fan Ken Follett, this sparkling collection of the very best of the earlier stories includes The Lawless Lady and The Elusive Ellshaw.
Oscar Wilde and the Ring of Death
By Gyles Brandreth
Oscar Wilde is at the height of his fame and fortune. But even the greatest wit of the Victorian age cannot know where his parlor game of “Murder” will lead, as one by one of the 14 “victims” chosen by his dinner guests begin to die. A murderer is among their party. In a race against time, Wilde must take action before he becomes the next victim.
BLIND FALL
By Christopher Rice
Inside the Marine Corps’ elite Force Recon division, Iraq War vet John Huck was trained to slip behind enemy lines and kill with his bare hands. Then his life changed in a split second when he failed to protect fellow Marine Mike Bowers, his friend and captain. Now, existing on construction jobs in southern California, haunted by memories, and entangled with women who don’t know his demons, John wants only the chance to redeem himself.
