Auteur: Madison Smartt Bell

Sophisticated suspense from a National Book Award finalist, about a hypnotist tormented by insomnia and a hunt for a killer: "Excellent…revelatory writing."-The Washington Post Book World …

O Magazine’s Top 20 Books to Read – Summer 2017 ‘Best known for his acclaimed Haitian trilogy—All Souls’ Rising, Master of the Crossroads and The Stone That the Builder Refused—Bell draws on his own …

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Two small-time thieves get in over their heads in this literary thriller from the ‘;virtuoso novelist’ and author of Soldier’s Joy (The Philadelphia Inquirer). Not quite at home in the backwoods of T …

A Vietnam vet returns to rural Tennessee in this acclaimed novel from the National Book Awardnominated author of Save Me, Joe Louis. After the horrors of Vietnam, Thomas Laidlaw returns to his home i …

The definitive collection of nonfictionfrom war reporting to literary criticism to the sharpest political writingfrom the ‘;legend of American letters’ (Vanity Fair) Robert Stone was a singular Ameri …

Two small-time thieves get in over their heads in this literary thriller from the ‘;virtuoso novelist’ and author of Soldier’s Joy (The Philadelphia Inquirer). Not quite at home in the backwoods of T …

A “brave, accomplished and utterly compelling” short story collection from the National Book Award–finalist author of Zig Zag Wanderer (Kirkus Reviews).   Deploying a seemingly …

A Vietnam vet returns to rural Tennessee in this acclaimed novel from the National Book Award–nominated author of Save Me, Joe Louis.   After the horrors of Vietnam, Thomas Laidlaw returns …

The National Book Award–finalist movingly examines the lives of a group of New Yorkers deeply affected by one woman’s troubled life—and death.   Marian is haunted by an unspoke …

From the National Book Awardfinalist: This ‘;brilliant’ story collection exploring the lives of dispossessed Americans is ‘;one of his best achievements’ (The Washington Post). Thematically focused o …

An “exhilirating” novel of domestic terrorism in the gritty streets of 1980s New York from the National Book Award–finalist and author of Straight Cut (The New Yorker).   As a …

Seven men tell their stories of survival on the streets of 1980s New York City in this gritty debut novel by the National Book Awardfinalist. Like most New Yorkers, Johnny B.Goode hustles to make a l …

An American film editor is caught up in Europe’s drug underworld in a “spare and cinematic” character study by the award-winning author of Soldier’s Joy (Time).   Tracy B …

A story collection spanning New York to Haiti and beyond from the National Book Award–finalist and author of Barking Man.   Spanning twenty years, Bell’s third collection of stories …

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“A wide-ranging collection from the beloved but besieged Caribbean island, ” from a lineup of authors including two National Book Award finalists (Kirkus Reviews).   “The Haiti …

‘Fresh…solid…full of suspense and intrigue.’ —Publishers Weekly Antoine Lavoisier reinvented chemistry, overthrowing the long-established principles of alchemy and inventing an entirely new terminolo …

With clarity, verve, and the sure instincts of a good teacher, Madison Smartt Bell offers a roll-up-your-sleeves approach to writing in this much-needed book. Focusing on the big picture as well as t …

A reissue of E. E. Cummings’s long-unavailable, yet pointed and moving story of a journey through Soviet Russia. Unavailable for more than fifty years, EIMI finally returns. While sometimes termed a …

The Hudson Review has always had an international focus. Travel and reports from abroad have figured prominently in the journal, including essays on exotic and picturesque locales, as well as account …