The Bookseller: And Other Stories by Peter Briscoe is a series of stories written in elegant, literary style. The first three pieces are very short with the ambiguity of Wallace Stevens’ poems. They seem unfinished, thus, the question: what do they mean? The featured piece...

Peter Briscoe’s novel Between Memory and Oblivion is a marvelous trip into the world of rare books, libraries’ special collections departments, and book-sellers and buyers. But more than a venture into this fascinating area, it is an argument for preserving rare books and books themselves....