Rebel in the Rye

A Finnish man goes to the city to find a job after the mine where he worked is closed and his father commits suicide.

A man with a low IQ has accomplished great things in his life and been present during significant historic events—in each case, far exceeding...

In a futuristic city sharply divided between the rich and the poor, the son of the city's mastermind meets a prophet who predicts the coming of a...

Troubled author John Kennedy Toole's struggle to bring A Confederacy of Dunces to print.

Out of love, young Corinna follows the plantation owner Mannsfeld to the Far East - where she has to realize that he is already married. A small...

A ruffian sends his assistant to force a peasant girl to marry him, but while he is bringing her to him, he falls in love with her.

14th-century Franciscan monk William of Baskerville and his young novice arrive at a conference to find that several monks have been murdered under...

During the Nazi occupation of Poland, an acting troupe becomes embroiled in a Polish soldier's efforts to track down a German spy.

In a run-down South American town, four men are paid to drive trucks loaded with nitroglycerin into the jungle through to the oil field. Friendships...

In the Salinas Valley in and around World War I, Cal Trask feels he must compete against overwhelming odds with his brother for the love of their...

Story of a young woman who marries a fascinating widower only to find out that she must live in the shadow of his former wife, Rebecca, who died...

In 1960s Tulsa, class divisions ignite a violent rivalry between the working-class Greasers and the privileged Socs. When a deadly encounter forces...