Thomas Lynch's The Sin-Eater breathes life into a figure from ancient folk magic.

Charles Taylor on the vexed issue of church and state in contemporary politics.

In search of the real Thornton Wilder

Umberto Eco's The Prague Cemetery is a dark and cynical novel.

Is Occupy Wall Street right about the way to fight social injustice?

Teofilo F. Ruiz explores the uncertainties of life in Western civilization.