This dark, disturbing, and powerful novel from Revueltas—who wrote it while imprisoned as a political dissident in Mexico’s infamous Lecumberri prison—tells the story of three prisoners trying to smuggle heroin into their prison. Unfolding in a cascading single paragraph that captures the progressio... Continue reading »

Architecture critic Lamster (Master of Shadows: The Secret Diplomatic Career of Painter Peter Paul Rubens) outlines the complicated and contradictory life of architect Philip Johnson in this engrossing, exhaustively researched account of a brilliant opportunist who introduced modernism to A... Continue reading »

Deeply affecting and sometimes funny, this scrapbook-style memoir records Argentinian artist Gusti’s journey toward unconditional love for his son, Mallko, identified as a child with Down syndrome shortly after his birth. Sketches and scribbly, brightly colored drawings alternate with interviews, na... Continue reading »

Pope (Trusting God for a Better Tomorrow), a writer for Proverbs 31 ministries, lays out her course for a joy-filled life in this realistic, relatable book. Looking to address problems in her marriage, Pope opened up to her husband about her unhappiness with his long working hours, and he r... Continue reading »

Ignatz-winning cartoonist Deforge (Big Kids) succeeds in creating a weird, witty epic in this, the longest and yet most accessible of his graphic novels. Set in a Toronto where humans and animals (and other creatures, such as a heart shape with legs) have learned to communicate, Deforge fol... Continue reading »