Holiday pick: A Fine and Private Place

A heartfelt compliment for A Fine & Private Place on the Amazon bookstore blog, Omnivoracious, per the intrepid - and insanely busy - Jeff VanderMeer: "I can't think of a better book to buy for someone you love this holiday season."

Turns out that A Fine and Private Place is one of Jeff's favorite books. Other reviewers have said the same. It's Peter S. Beagle's first novel, an elegiac, witty, gorgeously-written book that endures as a classic. Get a copy or three for the literary romantics in your life.