AltWeeklies Wire
James Collins, the New Jane Austennew
Beginner's Greek is a romantic comedy, and as such it rewards virtue and punishes evil, ultimately smiling on Peter and providing this transcendent good guy with a tidy resolution that is satisfying, if not entirely surprising.
Nashville Scene |
Liz Garrigan |
04-28-2008 |
Fiction
Goin' Down to Georgianew
Susan Gregg Gilmore's debut novel keeps the small-town spirit alive.
Nashville Scene |
Claire Suddath |
02-11-2008 |
Fiction
Murder He Wrotenew
Nashville judge pens historical fiction based on true-crime 1913 murder.
Nashville Scene |
Liz Garrigan |
02-11-2008 |
Fiction
Oceanic Griefnew
Even life on a sailboat can't offer escape from mourning in Ansay's new novel.
Nashville Scene |
Fernando Moore |
06-21-2006 |
Fiction
Tags: A. Manette Ansay, Blue Water
The Un-Lovely Bonesnew
This British novel is an original take on the usual tale told by an endangered child.
Nashville Scene |
Fernanda Moore |
02-02-2006 |
Fiction
On the Road Againnew
Another fictional hero heads across America in TV actor-turned-novelist's debut.
Nashville Scene |
Wayne Christeson |
01-25-2006 |
Fiction
Tags: Ron McLarty, The Memory of Running
Both History and Song Captured in Transcendent Debut Novelnew
Set in the Appalachians of North Carolina during the time immediately before and after the Civil War, Adams' novel is filled with the songs of early Scotch-Irish settlers -- so filled that it's almost as if the book itself were a mountain ballad shaped into a more staid fictional form.
Nashville Scene |
Lacey Galbraith |
08-07-2004 |
Fiction
