AltWeeklies Wire
Bylaws and Ass-Kickingnew
Nicola Griffith's third Aud outing is practiced but a little heartless.
Seattle Weekly |
Karla Starr |
05-07-2007 |
Fiction
Tags: Always, Nicola Griffith
The Long Hiatusnew
Sherman Alexie continues his 10-year break from writing novels.
Seattle Weekly |
Brian Miller |
04-09-2007 |
Fiction
Tags: Flight, Sherman Alexie
Towering Falloutnew
Eisenberg rises above the "post-9/11" hangover.
Seattle Weekly |
Karla Starr |
03-19-2007 |
Fiction
Google-noianew
Raban's post-9/11 novel is less-than-explosive.
Seattle Weekly |
Brian Miller |
02-13-2007 |
Fiction
Tags: surveillance, Jonathan Raban
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
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
Through the Eyes of a Childnew
Without resorting to melodrama, The Syringa Tree satisfies as the tale of a young girl gradually wising up to the changing world around her.
Seattle Weekly |
Colleen Smith |
07-12-2006 |
Fiction
Tags: Pamela Gien, The Syringa Tree
Keenan Charmsnew
Part of the fun of this former Frasier writer's Hollywood satire -- and there's a great deal of fun to be had -- is mentally casting it.
Seattle Weekly |
Gavin Borchert |
06-14-2006 |
Fiction
Tags: Joe Keenan, My Lucky Star
Sluggish But Sincerenew
The author of Prep hits her sophomore slump.
Seattle Weekly |
Rachel Shimp |
05-31-2006 |
Fiction
Baggy, Enjoyable Picaresquenew
Duck Soup meets ethnic cleansing on the Caspian in Shteyngart's latest.
Seattle Weekly |
Brian Miller |
05-24-2006 |
Fiction
Tags: Absurdistan, Gary Shteyngart
Tainted Giftsnew
D'Ambrosio supplies wringing empathy from the cloth of everyday manias.
Seattle Weekly |
John Freeman |
05-10-2006 |
Fiction
Rich in Anecdotenew
Equal parts Annie Hall and Love Letters, this epistolary novel follows two smitten thirtysomethings with more education than common sense -- and even more libido.
Seattle Weekly |
Kate Silver |
05-03-2006 |
Fiction
A Real Life-Saver?new
Doughnuts and sinkholes make for an unconvincing L.A. transcendence.
Seattle Weekly |
Angie Kritenbrink |
04-26-2006 |
Fiction
Dual Brilliancenew
Short-listed for last year's Man Booker Prize, Smith's third novel is a clever postmodern confection filled with wordplay and formal inventiveness and cultural references both high and low.
Seattle Weekly |
Mary Park |
04-12-2006 |
Fiction
Tags: Ali Smith, The Accidental
Alternate-Universe Teen Chick Litnew
Michelle Tea's first novel treats us to one breathless day in the life of 14-year-old Trisha and her new best friend, Rose, as they do just about everything anyone warned you against.
Seattle Weekly |
Angie Kritenbrink |
03-08-2006 |
Fiction
