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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
Tags: City of Tiny Lights, Patrick Neate
Talking 'Dirty'new
Boyden gives us a hearty dose of sex, drugs and Jello Biafra.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Willa Rohrer |
03-20-2006 |
Fiction
Tags: Amanda Boyden, Pretty Little Dirty
