Adults

From the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, here is an intricate and dazzling novel about the perfect butler and his fading, insular world in post-World War II England.
 

Malcolm Gephardt, handsome and gregarious longtime bartender at the Half Moon, has always dreamed of owning a bar. When his boss finally retires, Malcolm stretches to buy the place. He sees unquantifiable magic and potential in the Half Moon and hopes to transform it into a bigger success, but struggles to stay afloat.

This nonfiction work is a thrilling and superbly crafted account of the most momentous voyage of the Age of Exploration, which culminated in Captain James Cook’s death in Hawaii, and left a complex and controversial legacy still debated to this day.