Thomas Berger

Jack Crabb is back with another gleeful romp through the Old West Jack Crabb is now 112 years old, and he isn't done spinning yarns. In this sequel to Berger's beloved novel Little Big Man, one of literature's wiliest survivors continues his breathtaking tall tales of the Old West.   Crabb claims to have witnessed most of the great historical events of the western frontier: hiding behind a wagon after a drunken Doc Holliday provokes the shootout...

The author of the Pulitzer Prize–finalist The Feud blurs reality in this breakneck thriller following one man's encounter with pure evil in high tops. John Felton is a creature of habit. His job in real estate comes with no surprises; it's respectable work he can be proud of. Routine has been kind to him, but when a normal Monday of looking after the kids gets interrupted by a ringing of his doorbell, John may have to kiss his uneventful life goodbye......

Thomas Berger's modern hero Carlo Reinhart is thrust into the strangest chapter of his life yet Carlo Reinhart's life has taken many turns. From his idealistic youth in Crazy in Berlin, to his entrance into adulthood in Reinhart in Love, through his uneasy tumble into middle age in Vital Parts, Reinhart has never lost his philosophical and even-minded disposition.   Reinhart's Women finds Reinhart divorced and living with his daughter, Winona,...

Fred Wagner thought his newfound ability would bring big opportunities, but some special powers aren't as useful as they appear to be Advertising copywriter Fred Wagner lives a mundane existence, dreaming of being a novelist but making scant progress on his first literary effort. His career has stalled and his personal life is falling to pieces, but everything seems poised to change when, one day, Fred realizes he can will himself in and out of visibility....

A moving story about childhood friendships falling under the strain of adulthood quickly becomes so much more in this tale that is as absurd as it is true to life from the author of Little Big Man. Roy Courtright and Sam Grendy have been best friends for as long as either of them care to remember. As far as they're concerned, they're brothers, but sans the mess of a sibling rivalry. That they're complete opposites has never mattered. Until now....

In THE FEUD Thomas Berger returns to the era and milieu that he knows best--small-town America in the 1930s. THE FEUD chronicles encounters, hostile and amorous, between members of the Bellers of Hornbeck and Bullards of Millville. The trouble begins when Dolf Beller, on an innocent mission for paint remover, chews an unlit cigar in Bud Bullard's hardware store, where no smoking is allowed. Within 24 hours the store burns down. Dolf's car blows up--and...

Detective Russel Wren takes a case in what just might be the oddest country on earth A phone call warning of a bomb threat is all Detective Russel Wren needs to get out the door. He makes it to the next block before an enormous explosion destroys his entire building. Without his Manhattan office, Wren finds himself forced to accept a strange mission to the tiny central European nation of Saint Sebastian.    Saint Sebastian is unlike any country...

A dozen remarkable short stories from the author of Little Big Man, offering an absurdist journey through the mind of one of America's great storytellers Thomas Berger's first short story collection in almost thirty years showcases the author's acclaimed wit, intellect, and emotional sureness. His pages teem with larger-than-life characters: Dr. Poon, a Hollywood snake handler in way over his head during a film shoot in Southeast Asia; Charlie, an...

Thomas Berger breaks all the rules in this detective story that's less who-done-it, and more why-done-it. Meet Joseph Detweiler-a polite, sincere, and thoughtful murderer. He believes in living in the moment, it's just that every moment comes at a price. So when he murders Billie Bayson, her mother, and a boarder in their home on Christmas Eve, he really means no harm. He's also not the first suspect. As the police delve into the sordid private...