AltWeeklies Wire
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
Grave Thoughtsnew
Jim Harrison's new novel? Bear with me.
The Memphis Flyer |
Leonard Gill |
03-05-2007 |
Fiction
Tags: Jim Harrison, Returning to Earth
Stealing Beautynew
Gowdy takes empathy to the max in her deeply unsettling new novel by taking us inside the head of a developing pedophile.
NOW Magazine |
Susan G. Cole |
03-05-2007 |
Fiction
Tags: Barbara Gowdy, Helpless
Mum on the Mindnew
Toibin captures exquisite Irish misery in his new collection of shorts.
Montreal Mirror |
Juliet Waters |
03-02-2007 |
Fiction
Tags: Colm Toibin, Mothers and Sons
Everybody Is All-Americannew
Andersen hasn't created something new in regard to the American historical novel, but he has presented it in a new (gas)light.
Washington City Paper |
Allen Barra |
03-02-2007 |
Fiction
Tags: Heyday, Kurt Andersen
Battlegroundsnew
The U.S. of Vertigo Comics' new graphic novel is a tattered remnant of its former self, but it stubbornly, even savagely, clings to the trappings of the culture we have now.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Natalie Nichols |
03-02-2007 |
Fiction
Not Clowning Aroundnew
Monica Drake's debut novel isn't baloney.
Eugene Weekly |
Molly Templeton |
03-01-2007 |
Fiction
Tags: Clown Girl, Monica Drake
French Lessons: Jean-Claude Izzo's Marseille’s Trilogynew
With the awaited English translation of Solea, fans can finally get their working-class sybarite fix with Montale.
Port Folio Weekly |
Rick Skwiot |
03-01-2007 |
Fiction
Split in Twainnew
Jon Clinch's tale of Huck Finn's father is dense, lyrical and mildly archaic.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Justin Bauer |
02-27-2007 |
Fiction
Tags: Finn, Jon Clinch
Daddy Dearestnew
For all the intelligence and care that Clinch has brought to getting the story right, Finn's final moral -- that racism is hateful and self-consuming -- feels shopworn.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Athitakis |
02-23-2007 |
Fiction
Tags: Finn, Jon Clinch
'Big' Funnew
This story just rocks -- it's part potboiler, part love story and all heart.
NOW Magazine |
Susan G. Cole |
02-23-2007 |
Fiction
Day Before Tomorrow: Cory Doctorow's Techno-Presentnew
In an era when the wonders of modern technology exceed our imaginations, boingboing.net co-editor Cory Doctorow understands that to write about the future, you have to write about the present.
The Homogenous Continentnew
Alarcon channels South America, but won't pinpoint it on a map.
Willamette Week |
Lisa Hoashi |
02-21-2007 |
Fiction
Tags: Daniel Alarcon, Lost City Radio
Boreal Rousenew
Punk teens flee Canada's northern nowhere in Bozak's dark and violent debut.
Montreal Mirror |
Juliet Waters |
02-16-2007 |
Fiction
Tags: Nadia Bozak, Orphan Love
