Richard Ford and James Salter

Richard Ford’s new novel is Canada. It is “a superlatively good book, richly imagined and beautifully fashioned,” wrote John Banville. “One is tempted to acclaim it a masterpiece. It catches movingly the grinding loneliness at the heart of American life—of life anywhere.” James Salter’s new novel is All That Is. “Reading Salter taught me to boil down my writing to its essence,” wrote Jhumpa Lahiri. “To insist upon the right words, and to remember that less is more. That great art can be wrought from quotidian life.”