THE BOOK AGAINST GOD explores questions of belief and unbelief, truth and lies, the relation of father and son, and husband and wife, in a tone that is at once poignant and funny.

The common thread in Wood's latest collection of essays is what makes us laugh - and the book is an attempt to distinguish between the perhaps rather limited English comedy (as seen in Waugh, for example) and a 'continental' tragic-comedy, ...

The book persuasively shows how the Japanese army and navy had both the opportunity and the capability to have fought a different and more successful war in the Pacific that could have influenced the course and outcome of World War II. It ...

These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions.

Si alguna vez James Wood, el novelista sobrepasa a Wood como crítico, Upstate sería un nuevo comienzo prometedor ...» Christian Lorentzen, Vulture «Leer a James Wood proporciona un enorme placer» Gideon Lewis-Kraus, Los Angeles Times

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