Tom’s Crossing
The Woman On the Stairs
“A mysterious, character-driven, and history-enriched story. . . . Schlink’s prose captivates.” —Booklist
How to Set a Fire and Why
“The most remarkable achievement of this novel is its narrative voice. It belongs to Lucia Stanton, the novel’s disaffected, Holden Caulfield-style young narrator and heroine. Lucia is a marvelous creation and the richness of her voice — its intelligence, its casual precision — is felt on the very first page…. Sometimes, you hear the ghost […]