“Manny needed his coffee in the morning like penitents needed prayer. Something sweet to eat on the side helped cut the edge of that bitter brown liquid that always reminded him, somehow, of sewer water pouring from a harbor culvert.”

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What Beauty is my newest novel, a story of art, obsession and ego. Read an excerpt here. It’s available as an ebook, too.

The Village Wit (2010) is a humorous and sometimes dark odyssey through village life, love’s fall, sexual politics, and that place where memory and modern love intersect. Read an excerpt here. This book is also available as an ebook.