New & Recommended
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By Roxana Robinson
A family struggles with a son's addiction in this exploration of the nature and limits of responsibility (Farrar, Straus & Giroux, $25).
The Story of Edgar Sawtelle
By David Wroblewski
An ambitious first novel, set in rural Wisconsin, that draws on "Hamlet" (Ecco, $25.95).
The Lazarus Project
By Aleksandar Hemon
Two narratives 100 years apart trace the disillusion and dislocation of the immigrant experience (Riverhead, $24.95).
The Secret Scripture
By Sebastian Barry
In Ireland past and present, a doctor and patient plumb the depths of their souls (Viking, $24.95).
The Last Fish Tale
By Mark Kurlansky
Viewed through the prism of Gloucester's past, a survey of new pressures on the city's 400-year-old fishing heritage (Ballantine, $35).
Selected from books recently reviewed in the Globe. 