One of America’s greatest living writers, now eighty-eight, returns with a book - a pair of books, a masterpiece of a duet - a decade in the making.

The Mystery of Mary, written by Grace Livingston Hill and published in 1912, is a classic mystery novel that follows the story of Mary, a young woman who finds herself…

One of America’s greatest living writers, now eighty-eight, returns with a book - a pair of books, a masterpiece of a duet - a decade in the making.

This is a novel of scandal and subterfuge in a small, progressive Eastern college, staffed by liberal intellectuals and headed by a vigorous opponent of the loyalty oath. It follows…

When she was six, Mary McCarthy travelled from Seattle to Minneapolis. Within days of arrival her mother and father had died from a flu and Mary started a deprived childhood…

A journey through the glorious Italian city’s scenery, history, and culture, from the New York Times best-selling author of Venice Observed and The Group.

Mary McCarthy’s essays on Florence, which originally appeared in The New Yorker, offer an insightful, mesmerizing look into Florence’s genealogy, archaeology, art, culture, and political life.

‘The only Sundays I looked forward to were spent with my beloved Australian nanna Kathleen Mary McCarthy. I would sit with Nanna McC - listening to her stories unwind -…