Winter's Tale

by Mark Helprin

Published 1 January 1983
A bestseller that takes readers on a journey to New York of the Belle Epoque, where Peter Lake attempts to rob a Manhattan mansion only to find the daughter of the house at home. Thus begins the love between the middle-aged Irishman and Beverly Penn, a young girl who is dying. "This novel...is a gifted writer's love affair with the language" (Newsday).

Refiner's Fire

by Mark Helprin

Published 12 August 1977