A family confronts its dark past in this saga of murder, revenge, and redemption by the O. Henry Award–winning author of Rich Man, Poor Man .In *New York Times–*bestselling author Irwin Shaw's celebrated novel Rich Man, Poor Man, the Jordache clan was divided and scattered by the forces of American culture and capitalism after World War II. In this potent sequel, the family reunites after a terrible act of violen...

A "masterpiece" from the O. Henry Award–winning author of Rich Man, Poor Man, this classic novel captures the experiences of three soldiers during WWII ( The Boston Globe ).The Young Lions is one of the most powerful American novels to tackle the Second World War. Ambitious in its scope and robust in its prose, Irwin Shaw's work is also deeply humanistic, presenting the...

From the O. Henry Award–winning author of Rich Man, Poor Man , a Manhattan family is forever altered as a consequence of an act of kindness.The Strands are a happy family, save for the occasional financial struggle. Allen, the father, has a decent job as a schoolteacher, a lovely wife, and smart, ambitious, and compassionate children. When Allen's daughter witnesses a mugging, she takes the victim back to the Strand home ...

New York Times Bestseller: The story of a down-on-his-luck desk clerk, a con man, and a fortune from the author of Rich Man, Poor Man.Pilot Douglas Grimes's best days are long behind him. Grounded due to a medical condition, Grimes has resigned himself to working nights at a seedy hotel. But his fortune flips when he discovers a guest dead from a heart attack and, next to him, a tube jammed with a fortune in cold hard cash. Grimes...

From the O. Henry Award–winning author of Rich Man, Poor Man, a mother and son are reunited years after a shattering betrayal.She passes through the Paris restaurant, alone, unbent, and unbroken. Lucy Crown has lived with heartbreak for long enough that it no longer shows on her face, and she's not afraid to dine in solitude. But then she sees him across the bar, full of liquor and life, looking far happier than he did t...

From the O. Henry Award–winning author , the New York Times –bestselling saga that is the basis for the classic TV miniseries is "a book you can't put down" ( The New York Times ).Siblings Rudy, Tom, and Gretchen Jordache grow up in a small town on the Hudson River. They're in their teens in the 1940s, too young to go to war but marked ...

From the O. Henry Award–winning author of Rich Man, Poor Man , an aging filmmaker struggles to resurrect his declining career while carousing at Cannes.Jesse Crain was made for Cannes. A middle-aged filmmaker who dazzled audiences during Hollywood's Golden Age, Crain is talented, worldly, ambitious, and he knows how to play the game. As the Riviera sparkles in the spring of 1970, Crain juggles industry players while charm...

From the O. Henry Award–winning author of Rich Man, Poor Man, three novels plus collected short fiction.The Young Lions: Irwin Shaw's New York Times–bestselling debut is widely considered one of the four great World War II novels, along with From Here to Eternity, The Naked and the Dead, and The Caine Mutiny. Ambitious in its scope and robust in its prose, this "masterpiece" i...

From the O. Henry Award–winning author of Rich Man, Poor Man, a collection of short stories revealing a wide-ranging portrait of life in postwar America.*New York Times–*bestselling author Irwin Shaw was a star of the New Yorker's fiction pages in the 1930s and '40s. His prose helped shape the landscape of post-war fiction, and his work drew from a remarkable life that spanned from American football fields to Eu...

From the O.Henry Award–winning author of Rich Man, Poor Man : On a summer afternoon in 1964, a Jewish WWII veteran reflects on his past.Benjamin Federov has lived a thoroughly American life. The son of immigrants, husband to a lovely wife, and father to two healthy sons, he is successful in business, and blessed with good health. During a lazy 1964 summer afternoon at his son's baseball game, Ben reminis...

From the O. Henry Award–winning author of Rich Man, Poor Man , a provocative novel about a man's struggle with courage and conscience in the McCarthy era.Clement Archer, head of a popular radio show, faces a profound dilemma: Five of his employees stand accused of being communists, and a magazine threatens disclosure unless Archer fires each and every one. Despite his efforts to meet his own moral standards and avoid self...

From the O. Henry Award–winning author, the New York Times– bestselling saga of a family's struggles post-WWII: Rich Man, Poor Man and Beggarman, Thief .In Rich Man, Poor Man, siblings Rudy, Tom, and Gretchen Jordache grow up in a small town on the Hudson River. They're in their teens in the 1940s, too young to go to war but ...