Brooks Hansen Books
John the baptizer
A vivid, moving, and unprecedented biographical saga of John the Baptist. Traditionally, John the Baptist is seen as little more than an opening act—"the voice crying in the wilderness"—...
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Perlman's ordeal
"One evening in London in 1906, Dr. August Perlman - music lover, hashish devotee, and pioneer of "clinical suggestion" - is about to leave for the symphony when a teenage girl is brought to his of...
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The monsters of St. Helena
"Brooks Hansen's new novel is the story of Napoleon Bonaparte's last exile, in 1815, on the island of St. Helena in the Atlantic, "the place on earth farthest from any other place." The island is p...
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