"Historical fiction is having a moment", said Cosmopolitan. From novels inspired by Shakespeare to clever reimaginings of ...

Doubleday, $29 (336p) ISBN 978-0-385-54764-2 Bohjalian (The Princess of Las Vegas) unspools a tense tale about a Confederate soldier’s wife who treats a wounded Union captain in 1864 Virginia.

Even though Chris Bohjalian’s “The Jackal’s Mistress” is not shampoo, the plot does have the kind of rhythm conjured by the three words found on pretty much all bottles of the stuff ...

“The Jackal’s Mistress,” by Chris Bohjalian. (Doubleday/TNS) The intruder, a former Confederate soldier who is part of a band of marauders known as Mosby’s Rangers, is up to no good.

Even though Chris Bohjalian’s “The Jackal’s Mistress” is not shampoo, the plot does have the kind of rhythm conjured by the three words found on pretty much all bottles of it: lather ...

“We’re excited to bring Chris Bohjalian to our library community,” said Library Director Radwa Ali. “And of course we’re always happy to welcome Christina Baker Kline back to Montclair.

Chris Bohjalian, right, discusses his latest novel, "The Jackal's Mistress," in a question-and-answer session March 8, 2025 with fellow Vermont author Garrett Graff at Phoenix Books in Burlington ...

At one point in The Sandcastle Girls, Laura Petrosian, whose grandfather survived the genocide, quotes Aldous Huxley: "Every man's memory is his private literature." This is Bohjalian's anthem as ...

Chris Bohjalian's 25th novel, "The Jackal's Mistress," was inspired by a true story about a Southern woman who helped an injured Vermont soldier during the Civil War. The novel, set against the ...