The Second Coming of Mavala Shikongo the twilight saga

The Second Coming of Mavala Shikongo the twilight sagaSet in Namibia just after independence in the early 1990s, Peter Orner's first novel is a chronicle of the long days, short loves, and cold nights at Goas, an all boys Catholic primary school so deep in the veld that "even the baboons feel sorry for us." Though physically isolated in semi desert beneath a relentless sun, the people of Goas create an alternate, more fertile universe through the stories they tell each other. The book's central character

both of whom cared deeply about the United States of America

the bar became an increasingly seductive sanctuary

In The Light of the World

as told by our own DNA

Me and My Big Mouth will show you how to train your mouth to speak words that will help you accomplish all God wants for you in this life

Newspaper reporter Karen Pope receives a letter from a person who calls himself Cronus claiming responsibility for the murders

Alternately funny

to his musical education in Texas honky-tonks and his flirtations with whiskey

MASTER OF THE GAME

the former drug dealer she had an affair with

Brubeck has achieved name recognition beyond jazz

and Stalin--and military commanders of America