73 Short Stories and 48 poems including The Fall of the House of Usher, The Purloined Letter, The Tell-tale Heart, The Raven and The Murders in the Rue Morgue.
Mesmerizing and impossible to put down, this novel demands full attention, full empathy, and full responsibility; in return, it offers poignant insight into human fragility and resilience. -- Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
A bighearted, inventive, funny novel that also happens to be a profound meditation on love and forgiveness. -- Christina Baker Kline, New York Times bestselling author of Orphan Train.
Concise, comprehensive, clear, and crisply written, this is the best introduction to myth of which I am aware, and should be a staple for all courses on the subject in schools, colleges, universities, and seminaries. -- Peter Machinist, Hancock Professor of Hebrew and Other Oriental Languages, Harvard University
Choose wisely the moment when you pick up Peach; because once you do you will be unable to put it down until the very last sentence. -- Kamila Shamsie (author of Home Fire)
Agatha Christie had a mind like a mousetrap and taught me, in novels like The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, the pleasure of literary surprise. -- William Dietrich, New York Times bestselling author of the Ethan Gage Adventures
