Never Let Me Go by Ishiguro, Kazuo From the Booker Prize-winning author of "The Remains of the Day "comes a devastating new novel of innocence, knowledge, and loss. As children Kathy, Ruth, and Tommy were students at Hailsham, an exclusive boarding school secluded in the English countryside. It was a place of mercurial cliques and mysterious rules where teachers were constantly reminding their charges of how special they were. Now, years later, Kathy is a young woman. Ruth and Tommy have reentered her life. And for the first time she is beginning to look back at their shared past and understand just what it is that makes them special-and how that gift will shape the rest of their time together. Suspenseful, moving, beautifully atmospheric, "Never Let Me Go "is another classic by the author of "The Remains of the Day"

An Arsonist's Guide to Writers' Homes in New England by Clarke, Brock "My copy of An Arsonist's Guide is full of dog-eared pages, there are so many sentences and paragraphs I can't wait to read aloud to friends. The hapless arsonist has a great off-kilter voice and deadpan way of looking at life that sticks with you. It's funny yet poignant -- an amazing debut." --Karen Corvello, R.J. Julia Booksellers, Madison, CT