The Mayor of Casterbridge National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction (2020) is the story of such

is the story of such a man—George Mallory

a footprint belonging to a second possible assailant

Hailed by the New York Times as "superb" when it first appeared in 1948

and epic battles between good and evil—what more could any reader ask for in one book

A runaway train is racing toward five men who are tied to the track

The Mayor of Casterbridge National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction (2020) is the story of suchMichael Henchard is poverty stricken and bitter. He blames his early marriage and drunkenly sells his wife and daughter to a passing sailor. Regretting his recklessness, Michael improves himself and years later becomes Mayor of Casterbridge. Then a mother and her daughter arrive in town