18 Must-Read Books to Pick Up This August
A cross continental food adventure, a gritty drama of complicated fatherhood, Curtis Sittenfeld's haunting tale of a twin's supernatural gift and more
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A Treacherous Paradise
By Henning Mankell
384 pages;
Knopf
A gripping page-turner from the internationally acclaimed Scandinavian author introduces a destitute Swedish girl who, after boarding a ship bound for Australia at the turn of the 20th century, ends up a bordello owner in East Africa.
— Abbe Wright
Published 07/31/2013