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Paris Revisitednew
Thompson's tiny novel is packed with high style.
Montreal Mirror |
Juliet Waters |
10-12-2006 |
Fiction
Warm Mountainnew
Frazier's long-awaited second book is in many respects the natural successor to his wildly successful debut Cold Mountain, but it is simultaneously a more and less satisfying accomplishment.
L.A. Weekly |
Claire Messud |
10-12-2006 |
Fiction
Tags: Charles Frazier, Thirteen Moons
Moral Victorynew
There isn't another writer on the planet who can be so tough and so tender at the same time.
NOW Magazine |
Susan G. Cole |
10-06-2006 |
Fiction
Tags: Margaret Atwood, Moral Disorder
Of Sorrow, Sex and Historynew
Charles Frazier's second novel, Thirteen Moons, is another trek through the North Carolina mountains.
Spy vs. Spynew
William Boyd goes inside Britain's attempt to crack American isolationism in Restless.
L.A. Weekly |
Brendan Bernhard |
09-28-2006 |
Fiction
Tags: Restless, William Boyd
Wet, Hard, and Dreamingnew
The slipcased three-volume graphic novel following the bawdy exploits of Alice, Dorothy, and Wendy is out to destroy the distinction between pornography and erotica.
Boston Phoenix |
Charles Taylor |
09-21-2006 |
Fiction
Certifiable Postmodern Fictionnew
"Let there be light" in the dark world of 90s alternative rock.
Willamette Week |
Paige Richmond |
09-21-2006 |
Fiction
Tags: Artificial Light, James Greer
Fearless Particlesnew
Multi-strand narratives have to connect in the end, and despite his skilful, intriguing set-up, Cole's Particles fails to cohere into a whole.
NOW Magazine |
Susan G. Cole |
09-15-2006 |
Fiction
A Sinister Tragedynew
Shifting to a narrator who's allowed to show skill, Egan's prose has finally opened into its natural cool canter.
Seattle Weekly |
Thoe Schell-Lambert |
09-13-2006 |
Fiction
Tags: Jennifer Egan, The Keep
Feast of Faminenew
Behrens' debut is a mesmerizing memorial to Irish immigration.
Montreal Mirror |
Juliet Waters |
09-05-2006 |
Fiction
Tags: Peter Behrens, The Law of Dreams
Curious Georgenew
Haddon's hypochondriac gets under your skin.
The Village Voice |
Alexis Soloski |
08-30-2006 |
Fiction
Tags: A Spot of Bother, Mark Haddon
To Feel 'Stuff'new
Not long out of college herself, this novelist gets the vibe right for a Brown University outsider.
Seattle Weekly |
Angie Kritenbrink |
08-30-2006 |
Fiction
Tags: Stuff, Andrea Seigel
I Love the 90s, Again
This potpourri could easily slouch toward sentimentality, and it occasionally does, but Charles' somewhat heavy hand produces not only a convincing, pitiable sketch of a teenager but also a disarming main character.
Washington City Paper |
Shauna Cowal |
08-25-2006 |
Fiction
Book TVnew
Lost and Found hunts for the humanity within a trashy reality race.
Montreal Mirror |
Juliet Waters |
08-21-2006 |
Fiction
Tags: Carolyn Parkhurst, Lost and Found
Pretty Mysteriousnew
Everything Pessl has going for her is also going against her.
L.A. Weekly |
Nathan Ihara |
08-17-2006 |
Fiction
