Mark Twain

Mark TwainThe #1 New York Times Bestseller One of Barack Obama's Favorite Books of 2025 A Washington Post and New York Times Notable Book Named a Best Book of 2025 by TIME, The Guardian, Bloomberg, The Christian Science Monitor, and Kirkus Reviews Comprehensive, enthralling . . . Mark Twain flows like the Mississippi River, its prose propelled by Mark Twains own exuberance. The Boston Globe Chernow writes with such ease and clarity . . . For all its length and

of them all

Lulu suspects that something darker lurks behind the woman's constant smile

[Destined to] firmly lodge itself within many

confronted by a professional killer who seems to know all about unknowable objects

But no matter what

” – Elle

and brainy

and generally unheroic as Gwen possibly come to the rescue

told with irreverent wisdom and visionary force

Smith examines what it means to identify with our contemporary world and the history that frames it

Scorching-hot summer

risking everything for art and humanity