Author: Mark Athitakis, Special to USA TODAY

Mary Miller’s “Biloxi” is an engrossing character study of a contemptuous old man who tries to find some meaning in life through a dog named Layla.

Three generations of Palestinian-American women are torn between custom and desire in this piercing debut from Etaf Rum.

Anna Burns’ novel ‘Milkman,’ about the conflict in 1970s Northern Ireland, won this year’s Man Booker Prize. Now it is published here. A review.