God can be a real pain. I think Homer Smith, the protagonist of “Lilies of the Field” would agree.

Sondheim has left the building, and he lives on only in interpretation and iteration, no less than Shakespeare or Mozart.

Alice McDermott is back with her ninth novel, joining the elite Catholic company of Graham Greene, Evelyn Waugh, Walker Percy and Flannery O’Connor.

The good news for anyone whose literary tastes have been strongly influenced by the Catholic novels of Graham Greene, Evelyn Waugh, Francois Mauriac, Georges Bernanos and more is this: The new Alice McDermott novel, 'Absolution,' has arrived.

What do you do when literally the entire world loves you, but not you?

'Big Fiction' is a book full of cogent analysis, ambitious argument, juicy quotes from insiders and a demonstration of the central role of Catholics in American publishing.