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A Complete Twain Wrecknew
Clinch may not have rewritten the American canon, but he's created a hell of a character to remember.
Dig Boston |
Zak M. Salih |
04-04-2007 |
Fiction
Tags: Finn, Jon Clinch
Lethem is More Emo Than Younew
Especially coming after the arresting, atmospheric Motherless Brooklyn and the genuinely great coming-of-age story The Fortress of Solitude, Lethem's latest feels irksomely insubstantial -- but I can't write it off completely.
Dig Boston |
Stewart Mason |
03-28-2007 |
Fiction
Chandra does Chandlernew
Vikram Chandra's Sacred Games is the latest entry in the literary genre best described as the Big-Ass Book.
Dig Boston |
Stewart Mason |
03-07-2007 |
Fiction
Tags: Sacred Games, Vikram Chandra
History's Evil Trinitynew
Hitler, Satan and Norman Mailer.
Dig Boston |
Zak M. Salih |
03-07-2007 |
Fiction
Future Imperfectnew
Don't forget to tip your Messiah.
Dig Boston |
Zak M. Salih |
02-14-2007 |
Fiction
Tags: The Book of Dave, Will Self
The Bugman Comethnew
Human insect chooses obvious career path: gangster.
Dig Boston |
Stewart Mason |
01-17-2007 |
Fiction
Tags: Kockroach, Tyler Knox
Literary Diarrheanew
To call reading this book a waste of time is almost an insult to activities like picking your toes and staring at the wall.
Dig Boston |
Luke O'Neil |
01-03-2007 |
Fiction
Tags: Against the Day, Thomas Pynchon
Telegraphing Murdernew
Larson's new novel is in all ways a conceptual sequel to its predecessor, The Devil in the White City.
Dig Boston |
Stewart Mason |
12-06-2006 |
Fiction
Tags: Erik Larson, Thunderstruck
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
Black Holenew
Black Hole, the new release by ex-RAW magazine artist Charles Burns, is a wonderfully disturbing and imaginative graphic novel.
Dig Boston |
Paul McMorrow |
12-08-2005 |
Fiction
Tags: Black Hole, Charles Burns
A Plank-worthy Novelnew
Fan-Tan is a novel that blends old-fashioned swashbuckling with ejaculations of racial slurs, profanity, gambling and deviant sex. It was originally conceived over 25 years ago as a collaboration between Brando and Cammell.
Dig Boston |
Paul McMorrow |
11-09-2005 |
Fiction
