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Bylaws and Ass-Kickingnew

Nicola Griffith's third Aud outing is practiced but a little heartless.
Seattle Weekly  |  Karla Starr  |  05-07-2007  |  Fiction

The Long Hiatusnew

Sherman Alexie continues his 10-year break from writing novels.
Seattle Weekly  |  Brian Miller  |  04-09-2007  |  Fiction

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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