James Carroll's urgent, masterly Jerusalem, Jerusalem uncovers the ways in which the ancient city became, unlike any other in the world, an incendiary fantasy of a city.

James Carroll delivers a tour-de-force look at what it means to be a Catholic today--set against the rich history of the Catholic Church in America.Brilliantly wresting meaning from the historical, social and religious strands of his ...

National Book Award-winner James Carroll's first novel in nine years is set in Berlin in 1961. IIt's during the time of the Berlin wall, and three Americans, high school students in Wiesbaden, cut classes to go to the May Day celebrat...

A clear-eyed and personal examination of the Catholic faith, its leaders, and its complicated history by National Book Award–winner James Carroll  James Carroll turns to the notion of practice—both as a way to learn and a means o...