James McBride's new novel, "The Heaven And Earth Grocery Store," is a lot of things. It's, at the very beginning, a bit of a whodunit. It's also a heist story and a love story, but it's mostly a ...

Set in a neighborhood where Blacks and immigrant Jews have lived next to each other for decades, The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store is one of the best novels critic Maureen Corrigan has read this year.

The National Book Award-winning author James McBride has a new novel out, "The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store." Like much of McBride’s work, it’s rooted in race, religion and personal history.

He is James McBride. He’s one of President Obama and Oprah’s recommended authors. ... And so, I wanted to write a book about the camp, but I couldn’t. I ended up writing about this town.