AltWeeklies Wire
Mumbai on the Makenew
Chandra's Sacred Games is the new year's big novel.
Chicago Newcity |
John Freeman |
01-03-2007 |
Fiction
Tags: Sacred Games, Vikram Chandra
How to Draw a Funnynew
The debut Best American Comics entry is straddled by its literary slant.
Baltimore City Paper |
Jess Harvell |
11-03-2006 |
Fiction
Close to Memoirnew
This collection is teeming with violent sexual encounters and damaged characters while maintaining a curious level of sentimentality.
New York Press |
Doug Black |
10-12-2006 |
Fiction
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
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
Pretty Mysteriousnew
Everything Pessl has going for her is also going against her.
L.A. Weekly |
Nathan Ihara |
08-17-2006 |
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
Tags: Pamela Gien, The Syringa Tree
Wasting a 'Fortune'new
Another chick-lit cash-in shortchanges a gender.
Missoula Independent |
Azita Osanloo |
06-22-2006 |
Fiction
Bones of Lifenew
Septuagenarian Philip Roth meditates on sex, family and death.
Montreal Mirror |
Juliet Waters |
05-26-2006 |
Fiction
Tags: Philip Roth, Everyman
Postmarked 'Gimmickville'new
Almond throws a blast of cold water on his latest literary masterpiece, Which Brings Me To You.
Dig Boston |
Steve Almond |
05-17-2006 |
Fiction
Seedy, Needy, and Neuroticnew
This series of vignettes involves characters in offensive TV commercials who have their dignity and humanity robbed from them in service of the sale.
Dig Boston |
Joe Keohane |
05-10-2006 |
Fiction
The Magic Numbersnew
There are at least 13 ways of looking at world-weaver David Mitchell's bewitching 13-part novel.
The Village Voice |
Ed Park |
04-19-2006 |
Fiction
Tags: Black Swan Green, David Mitchell
Mutationsnew
This is a hairy swan song from the late Tristan Egolf.
The Village Voice |
James Browning |
04-05-2006 |
Fiction
Tags: Kornwolf, Tristan Egolf
Bildungsromanesquenew
David Mitchell's novel tracks an 80s adolescence.
L.A. Weekly |
Claire Messud |
03-30-2006 |
Fiction
Tags: Black Swan Green, David Mitchell
