A frighteningly prescient novel of today’s America—one man’s story of a racially charged real estate experiment in Detroit, Michigan.“You get in the habit of living a certain kind of life, you keep go
When his former colleague Peter Sullivan dies, Ben Markovits inherits unpublished manuscripts about the life of Lord Byron—including the novels Imposture and A Quiet Adjustment. Ben’s own literary car
Lord Byron was the greatest writer and the most notorious, scandalous lover of his age - and irresistible attraction for a sheltered, bookish, and passionate young woman like Eliza Esmond. Eliza beli
To dissolve a dreadfully mistaken union between two formidable egos: surely it should only take "a quiet adjustment"? Inspired by the actual biography of Lord Byron--the greatest literary figure
In his "Byron trilogy," Benjamin Markovits lovingly reinvents the nineteenth-century novel, true to its perfect prose, penetrating insight, and simmering passions. Inspired by the actual biography of
Fresh out of college and uncertain how to proceed with life, the narrator of Ben Markovits' Playing Days finds himself drifting towards a career that once obsessed his father - professional basketball
Paul is a mid-ranking tennis professional on the ATP tour. His girlfriend Dana is an ex-model and photographer, and together with their two-year-old son they form a tableau of the contented upper-midd
Three years after Lord Byron dismissed him from his service, Dr John Polidori has fallen on hard times. As the pair fall in love, Polidori knows that he can only emerge from Byron's shadow if he confe
Nineteen-year -old Annabella Milbanke, visiting London for the swirl of parties and engagements of the season, is introduced to Byron at a waltz. Caught up in a potentially scandalous love triangle, A
Nineteen-year old Annabella Milbanke, visiting London for the swirl of parties and engagements of the season, is introduced to Byron at a waltz. Annabella and Byron fall in love, but Augusta's unwelco
Fresh out of college and uncertain how to proceed with life, the narrator of Ben Markovits' Playing Days finds himself drifting towards a career that once obsessed his father - professional basketball
Captures a city in microcosm through a series of character portraits, and forms a picture of people whose lives are inextricably linked by circumstance and community - but above all by a need to be lo
Over the course of the weekend, several generations of domestic tension are brought to boiling point . Recalling some of America's most celebrated novelists - this is John Updike's Rabbit for a new ge
Ten years out of Yale, with an extra degree from Oxford, and all Greg Marnier has to show for it is a rambling academic career that has landed him in Aberystwyth. At his college reunion, jetlagged and
Ten years out of Yale and drifting through a teaching career, Greg Marnier heads for his college reunion, jetlagged and drunk. Soon, the realities of life on America's urban frontier become all too ap
