Bill Barich, Author . Knopf $24 (228p) ISBN 978-1-4000-4279-1
Barich, a former New Yorker
writer, moves to Dublin after falling in love with an Irish woman, but shortly after his arrival he develops an (arguably) even stronger passion for gambling on Irish horse races. This obsession is an extension of his...
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Bill Barich, Author . Walker $25 (242p) ISBN 978-0-8027-1701-6
All that the author, a California transplant, wanted was to find the perfect pub in his Dublin neighborhood, an easy task since Barich had “been in training for the job most of my life.” What should be a breeze morphs into a countrywide...
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Bill Barich, Walker & Co., $25 (256p) ISBN 978-0-8027-1754-2
If there is one idea that defines America, it is the belief that taking a long road trip is the best way to define America. In this perceptive, optimistic reprise of John Steinbeck's 1962 Travels with Charley, Barich reveals the heartland along a...
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Bill Barich, Author Farrar Straus Giroux $15.95 (180p) ISBN 978-0-374-16812-4
Barrich's first collection of seven short stories, which takes a look at the lofty standards people set for themselves, is not just good, but very good. The title narrative introduces Shane, a teenager spending a vacation with his ex-hippie mother...
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Bill Barich, Author Pantheon Books $24 (546p) ISBN 978-0-679-42151-1
Barich, a writer for the New Yorker whose best-known work is a splendid account of the horse-racing world, Laughing in the Hills , has created a highly original book out of a tired idea. Would you believe that anyone could wring fresh interest from...
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Bill Barich, Author Pantheon Books $25 (352p) ISBN 978-0-679-44210-3
The cyclical drama of Northern California's grape harvest is a backdrop for romantic reawakenings in this evocative tale set in Sonoma County's Carson Valley. Crusty 79-year-old Victor Torelli has spent his life farming acreage that has been in his...
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