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Fearless Particlesnew
Multi-strand narratives have to connect in the end, and despite his skilful, intriguing set-up, Cole's Particles fails to cohere into a whole.
NOW Magazine |
Susan G. Cole |
09-15-2006 |
Fiction
Giuliani Exposednew
Out of the smoke and death at ground zero, one deeply flawed man climbed so high he might be able to run for president.
NOW Magazine |
Howard Goldenthal |
09-08-2006 |
Nonfiction
Food for Thoughtnew
When Wal-Mart's charisma-challenged CEO starts touting organic food, you know the stuff is no longer the domain of back-to-the-land hippies.
NOW Magazine |
John Dicker |
08-04-2006 |
Nonfiction
Fierce Beastsnew
The stories in this collection are somewhat disturbing, offering a caustic look at the plight of angry young guys across Canada.
NOW Magazine |
Zoe Whittall |
05-25-2006 |
Fiction
Tags: Indigenous Beasts, Nathan Sellyn
Holocaust Hauntsnew
By piecing together her past in drawings and words, Eisenstein begins to understand how being a child of Holocaust survivors has made her the person she is.
NOW Magazine |
Susan G. Cole |
05-18-2006 |
Nonfiction
Back in Timenew
Lesbiana's best novelist tries a major experiment in The Night Watch -- a backwards narrative.
NOW Magazine |
Susan G. Cole |
04-06-2006 |
Fiction
Tags: Sarah Waters, The Night Watch
A for Zednew
Zed is the definition of provocative, if you can handle it -- and you should try.
NOW Magazine |
Zoe Whittall |
03-30-2006 |
Fiction
Tags: Elizabeth McClung, Zed
Lest We Forgetnew
Feminism lives in this new book.
NOW Magazine |
Susan G. Cole |
03-30-2006 |
Nonfiction
Liberated at Lastnew
Grossman, a long-forgotten chronicler of the cruellest years of the bloodiest war in history, turned slaughter to literature in simple and shattering terms.
NOW Magazine |
Howard Goldenthal |
03-16-2006 |
Nonfiction
Error-Prone Snobnew
Kamp's new book smells like a publisher-mandated sequel, and it doesn't work as well as his the Rock Snob's Dictionary.
NOW Magazine |
John Harkness |
03-02-2006 |
Nonfiction
Dull Dancingnew
Bert Williams is one of the most fascinating characters in American black history, but this novel based on his life doesn't reflect that.
NOW Magazine |
Graham Duncan |
02-23-2006 |
Fiction
