Noah's Compass, Paperback/Anne Tyler

Anne Tyler's latest novel is finally out in PB, and it's as funny and quietly moving as the rest of her vast oeuvre. This novel follows Liam, a sixty-ish schoolteacher who is downsized from his job and experiencing disturbing gaps in his memory. Tyler's previous two novels were shortlisted for the }Orange Prize{and together have sold almost half a million copies. "Anne Tyler draws a comedy that is not so much brilliant as it is luminous." }Daily Telegraph{.