Gilbert Adair, Author . Melville $13 (136p) ISBN 978-1-933633-57-2
A French academic hiding his collaborationist past resurrects himself in America in this misfired novella. Professor of literature at the Yale-like New Harbor, Léopold Sfax, the novella's wily, boorish narrator, has become a celebrity in
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Gilbert Adair, Author Dutton Books $17.95 (154p) ISBN 978-0-525-24788-3
The title characters of this rich, furiously concentrated first novel, set in Paris during the student uprisings of 1968, are 17-year-old twins Guillaume and Danielle and their friend Matthew, a 19-year-old American film student studying at the...
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Gilbert Adair, Author Faber & Faber $22.95 (202p) ISBN 978-0-571-17309-9
It's the movie industry's 100th birthday, and film buffs are celebrating the anniversary in style. London Sunday Times columnist Gilbert Adair leads off in October with Flickers: An Illustrated Celebration of 100 Years of Cinema, selecting a single...
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Gilbert Adair, Author Faber & Faber $24.95 (272p) ISBN 978-0-571-17991-6
British writer Adair has an imposing record with three novels, books on film such as Hollywood's Vietnam and Flickers and one of the more convincing acts of translation with his version of Georges Perec's ""e""-less A Void. This collection of short,
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