"What do we desire when we look at beauty? To be beautiful ourselves. We imagine that beauty carries with it great happiness, but this is a mistake." --Nietzsche

National Book Award-Winning Authors

(The National Book Awards are given to recognize achievements in four genres: Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, and Young People's Literature. The Winners, selected by five-member, independent judging panels for each genre, receive a $10,000 cash award and a crystal sculpture. Visit their site here.)

PETE DEXTER
  • Paris Trout
    Penguin Books, 1988 (PhP 100.00)
    Winner of the National Book Award, Paris Trout is the mesmerizing story of a shocking crime that eats away at the fabric of a small town, exposing its hypocrisies and shattering the lives of its citizens.