Night

"Elegantly written. . . . Alvarez . . . lead[s] you to a new understanding of the night. You will no longer look out into the darkness and see only a yawning void."—Kevin Coyne, Los Angeles Times Book Review As children, most of us are scared of the dark. Although we may put that fear behind us, it remains nonetheless buried deep in places where we prefer not to look. It is a terror-as old as the human race-that survives in spite of the magic of electricity, which disguises but can never er...