The Letter OpenerNaiko works in the Undeliverable Mail Office where, immersed in things lost and missing, she searches for clues to match undeliverable mail with addresses. Her job allows her to achieve a semblance of order in a disorderly world. It is a shock, then, when Naikos co worker Andrei, an enigmatic Romanian refugee, suddenly vanishes. This astonishing debut novel unfolds in compelling, delicately wrought layers. Naikos shifting understanding of Andreis past

decides to undertake the Barrani Test of Name

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a protest sign—and more

Better Than This draws from Cummings’s own life to show the formative

afternoon pick-me-ups

to the Oats ’n Honey Granola Pie that took home the $1 million Grand Prize in 2004

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someone who’s bent on killing again

Finley’s insatiable need for control—he was his own general manager and dictated everything from the ballpark organist’s playlist to the menu for the media lounge—made him ill-suited for the advent of free agency

Following on the success of chicken

Bryn is increasingly unsettled

in a way I could never have predicted