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Much-Praised Legal Thriller 'A Cure for Night' Traffics in Stereotypesnew

A large number of the characters in Justin Peacock's book are African–American. The plot pivots around them. There is no story without them. If they read as caricatures -- and offensive ones, at that -- how can this book be successful?
Philadelphia Weekly  |  Liz Spikol  |  10-20-2008  |  Fiction

Joe Matt's 'Spent' Isn't as Good as Pornnew

Joe Matt's newest graphic novel is the most unflattering self-portrayal -- addicted to pornography, misogynistic and disgustingly self-absorbed -- ever essayed in comics.
Philadelphia Weekly  |  Liz Spikol  |  10-01-2007  |  Fiction

'Exit Wounds' Reveals the Dissaffected State of Present Day Israelnew

A soldier tells a cabbie that his estranged father may have died in a suicide bombing in Rutu Modan's latest graphic novel.
Philadelphia Weekly  |  Liz Spikol  |  08-27-2007  |  Fiction

'Broken' Soviet Scenenew

Pierre's second novel is a tale of globalization, guns and cherry-flavored madness.
Philadelphia Weekly  |  Willa Rohrer  |  05-08-2006  |  Fiction

Turban Sprawlnew

A hungover detective searches for a missing prostitute amid the immigrant hub and criminal underworld of West London.
Philadelphia Weekly  |  Willa Rohrer  |  04-03-2006  |  Fiction

Talking 'Dirty'new

Boyden gives us a hearty dose of sex, drugs and Jello Biafra.
Philadelphia Weekly  |  Willa Rohrer  |  03-20-2006  |  Fiction

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