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Kirk Nesset's Short Stories Shine in the Drue Heinz Winnernew
What makes Paradise Road most pleasurable is Nesset's supple style, capable of bluntness and lyricism alike. In any mode, he hardly seems capable of writing an uninteresting sentence.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Bill O'Driscoll |
10-15-2007 |
Fiction
Fall Fournew
Four fall fiction choices outside the usual: Baltimore, or the Steadfast Tin Soldier; Lois Lenz, Lesbian Secretary; The Faith Healer of Olive Avenue; and 2236. These novels are genre-benders that provide new ways of looking at the world -- as well as good reads.
Sacramento News & Review |
Kel Munger |
10-12-2007 |
Fiction
Tags: Fiction Reviews
Mystery of the Dog Gone Missingnew
A dog-lover's review of the "mostly true account of Sonny Brewer's dogged search for his beloved pet."
Jackson Free Press |
James L. Dickerson |
10-12-2007 |
Fiction
Mary Novik's 'Conceit' Captures 60s Londonnew
Her novel courses through the bustling city, the realm of ghosts, and the various landscapes of attraction; it encompasses theological debate, angling lore, and architecture; and it's strewn with historical figures.
The Georgia Straight |
Alexander Varty |
10-12-2007 |
Fiction
Alberto Manguel on Optimismnew
The anthologist, essayist, and translator argues that in stories we can find our salvation.
The Georgia Straight |
John Burns |
10-12-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Alberto Manguel, The City of Words
Leilah Nadir Finds Baghdad Through Her Familynew
The picture Nadir provides in Orange Trees of Baghdad is of a continuum of palpable suffering in Iraq that pre-dates the current war.
Montreal Mirror |
Juiet Waters |
10-12-2007 |
Nonfiction
'Turtle Valley' is All Fired Upnew
Gail Anderson-Dargatz's latest is part mystery, part memory story, part eco-conscious tale, but a rare take on illness in the context of a marriage is what makes it a winner.
NOW Magazine |
Susan G. Cole |
10-12-2007 |
Fiction
A Violent Western Tale Fizzles Out An Old Flamenew
Garth Ennis gives his take on a Western in Streets of Glory and the latest incarnation of Heroes for Hire
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
Carlton Hargro |
10-11-2007 |
Fiction
Cornell Woolrich's 'Fright' Reissuednew
Hard Case Crime specializes in vintage pulp and new thrillers in the pulp mode, including the some of hte works by pulp legend Woolrich.
Metro Silicon Valley |
Michael S. Gant |
10-11-2007 |
Fiction
'Making It New' Revisits the Heart of 1920s Artnew
This illustrated tribute to Sara and Gerald Murphy evokes the lost fizz of the 1920s, although at times the cavorting can seem precious and shallow. The Murphys anchored an artistic circle that encompassed Picasso, Cocteau, Hemingway, Dos Passos and more.
Metro Silicon Valley |
Michael S. Gant |
10-11-2007 |
Nonfiction
Brit Witsnew
As Nick Hornby and Irvine Welsh face 50, two of Brit Lit's standard-bearers stare down middle age in very different ways.
Boston Phoenix |
Mike Miliard |
10-11-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Finally, a Reason for America to Learn to Readnew
Just as The Colbert Report is an offshoot of The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, Colbert's book is best read as a companion volume to Stewart&Co.'s 2004 bestseller America (The Book): A Guide to Democracy Inaction.
Willamette Week |
Ian Gillingham |
10-10-2007 |
Nonfiction
Easy Reading For Difficult Peoplenew
Stylistically, novelist Tom Perrotta is invisible, and his fictional milieu is half-dead. But we love him because he delivers so much.
Boston Phoenix |
James Parker |
10-10-2007 |
Fiction
'Force of Nature' Captures the Difficuluty of Installation Artnew
The 144-page hardcover book about the groundbreaking exhibit of the same name, Force of Nature chronicles the exuberance of the 10 Japanese artists who visited the Carolinas last year to make site installations.
Charleston City Paper |
Nick Smith |
10-10-2007 |
Nonfiction
John Grisham Sued for Libelnew
Prosecutor and investigator not happy with The Innocent Man, the author's nonfiction debut.
C-Ville Weekly |
Scott Weaver |
10-10-2007 |
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