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Reunidas en un solo volumen las tres primeras novelas protagonizadas por Nathan Zuckerman y, como epílogo, una pieza genial: La orgía de Praga. Este volumen reúne las tres primeras novelas -y una nouvelle- protagonizadas por Nathan Zuckerman La visita al maestro (1979), Zuckerman desencadenado (1981) y La lección de anatomía (1983), el álter ego de Philip Roth. En La visita al maestro, un joven Zuckerman en los inicios de su carrera visita a su mentor en Nueva Inglaterra y se enamora de una mujer que cree identificar con la mismísima Ana Frank. Zuckerman desencadenado es una divertida parodia sobre los riesgos de la fama, mientras que La lección de anatomía cuenta la divertida y triste historia de un Zuckerman en plena crisis vital y creativa. Y al fin, en La orgía de Praga, viajamos con él a la ciudad ocupada por los soviéticos en busca del manuscrito inédito de un misterioso escritor judío.

La joven e intrepida periodista Ellie Holmes juró no regresar jamás a Laguna Cortez, el lugar donde perdió a su familia, su inocencia y su fe en el amor. Juró tambien que olvidaría a Alex, el joven que le rompió el corazón en el peor momento de su vida. Sin embargo, el destino, siempre caprichoso, la lleva de nuevo a esa ciudad para entrevistar a un millonario muy especial: el enigmático y poderoso Devlin Saint, creador de una importante fundación benefica. Ellie se da cuenta enseguida de que Devlin Saint no es otro que Alex, su amor de adolescencia, y de que la atracción mutua entre ellos es una llama que vuelve a prender con sorprendente intensidad. Pero detrás de Devlin se esconde una historia plagada de secretos, violencia y superación, que ella deberá asumir si quiere dar rienda suelta a sus sentimientos.

It’s 1971. Trash piles up on the streets, crime is at an all-time high, the city is careening towards bankruptcy, and a shooting war has broken out between the NYPD and the Black Liberation Army. Amidst this collective nervous breakdown furniture store owner and ex-fence Ray Carney tries to keep his head down and his business thriving. His days moving stolen goods around the city are over. It’s strictly the straight-and-narrow for him until he needs Jackson 5 tickets for his daughter May and he decides to hit up his old police contact Munson, fixer extraordinaire. But Munson has his own favors to ask of Carney and staying out of the game gets a lot more complicated and deadly.

As character actress Edie O'Dare finishes the final year of her contract with FWM Studios, the clock is ticking for her to find a new gig after an undistinguished stint in the pictures. She's long supplemented her income moonlighting for Hollywood's reigning gossip columnist, providing her with the salacious details of every party and premiere. When an up-and-coming starlet hands her a letter alleging an assault from an A-list actor at a party with Edie and the rest of the industry’s biggest names in attendance, Edie helps get the story into print and sets off a chain of events that will alter the trajectories of everyone involved.

Francine Thwaite has lived all her fifty-five years in her family’s ancestral home, a rambling Elizabethan manor in England’s Lake District. No other living soul resides there, but Francine isn’t alone. There are ghosts in Thwaite Manor, harmless and familiar. Most beloved is Bree, the mischievous ghost girl who has been Francine’s companion since childhood. When Francine’s estranged sister, Madeleine, returns to the manor after years away, she brings with her a story that threatens everything Francine has always believed. It is a tale of cruelty and desperation, of terror and unbearable heartache. And as Francine learns more about the darkness in her family’s past—and the role she may have played in it—she realizes that confronting the truth may mean losing what she holds most dear.

Rome, 1965: Aspiring actress Silvia Whitford arrives at Rome’s famed Cinecittà Studios from Los Angeles, ready for her big break and a taste of la dolce vita. Instead, she learns that the movie in which she was cast has been canceled. Desperate for money, Silvia has only one choice: seek out the Italian aunt she has never met. Gabriella Conti lives in a crumbling castello on the edge of a volcanic lake. Silvia’s mother refuses to explain the rift that drove the sisters apart, but Silvia is fascinated by Gabriella, a once-famous actress who still radiates charisma. And the eerie castle inspires Silvia’s second chance when it becomes the location for a new horror movie, aptly named The Revenge of the Lake Witch and she lands a starring role. Silvia immerses herself in the part of an ingenue tormented by the ghost of her beautiful, seductive ancestor. But when Gabriella abruptly vanishes, the movie’s make believe terrors seep into reality. No one else on set seems to share Silvia’s suspicions. Yet as she delves into Gabriella’s disappearance, she triggers a chain of events that illuminate dark secrets in the past and a growing menace in the present…