Last Night

From a writer whose every book is a literary event, a superbly accomplished work of fiction. "Last Night is a spellbindi... (more)

From a writer whose every book is a literary event, a superbly accomplished work of fiction. "Last Night is a spellbinding collection of stories about passion-by turns fiery and subdued, destructive and redemptive, alluring and devastating. In ten powerful stories, Salter portrays men and women in their most intimate moments. A book dealer faces the truth about his life-as it is and never will be again-when he is visited unexpectedly by his brash former girlfriend. A lonely married woman, after a disturbing encounter with a drunken poet at a dinner party, finds herself irresistibly drawn to his animal surrogate, a huge tawny-eyed dog. A lover of poetry must come to terms with his wife's request to give up what may be his most treasured relationship. And in the title story, already hailed by Frank Conroy as "a masterpiece, clearly and without question," a translator, tormented by an agonizing sense of inevitability, assists in his wife's suicide even as he performs a last betrayal. A haunting symphony of desire, memory, and loss-from a writer whose assured style and emotional insight make him one of our most compelling voices at work today. (less)

Titus "Crisp" Crespo, Princeton-bound valedictorian and self-proclaimed nerd, avoids risky situations at all costs. Glyn... (more)

Titus "Crisp" Crespo, Princeton-bound valedictorian and self-proclaimed nerd, avoids risky situations at all costs. Glynnie Dreyfus, solid C student and self-proclaimed screw-up, can talk or buy her way out of almost any difficulty she lands in. They aren't exactly friends, but when a negative encounter with the NYPD threatens to unravel all of Crisp's achievements, he figures it can't get worse if he tags along with rich, white Glynnie to visit her weed dealer near his absentee father's old stomping grounds. Now they're both missing. In the middle of the night, near the blinking lights of Coney Island, Crisp's mother begs Detective Lex Cole to find her son; a few miles away in a brownstone in upscale Boerum Hill, Glynnie's parents summon Detective Saki Finley to bring home their wayward daughter. When it emerges that the teenagers were last seen together, the two detectives combine forces to retrace their path through a dangerous maze of housing projects, abandoned warehouses, and drug dens. (less)

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A model's last night in DC before moving in with her long time boyfriend is sidetracked by a chance meeting with an attr... (more)

A model's last night in DC before moving in with her long time boyfriend is sidetracked by a chance meeting with an attractive stranger. (less)

A married couple in New York City are apart for the night. Each will be confronted by temptation that may decide the fat... (more)

A married couple in New York City are apart for the night. Each will be confronted by temptation that may decide the fate of their marriage. (less)