In a Strange Room

A young man—who happens to share his first name with author Damon Galgut—journeys across three continents in an enigmatic quest for communion with others.  This tense, philosophical page-turner builds in power as seemingly random encounters in Africa, Greece, and India culminate in a tragic climax. A 2010 Man Booker finalist.

May 21: The musical smash hit Gypsy opened on Broadway on this day in 1959. The bestseller upon which the show is based, Gypsy Rose Lee's memoir Gypsy, told her life as a rags-to-naked success story, and added to…

Ethan Rutherford and Matt Burgess (Dogfight: A Love Story) on the writing of Rutherford's surreal and fiercely funny story collection The Peripatetic Coffin

advertisement