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C book review
Heart-stomping work that tempers a Henry James creepiness with a Lawrence of Arabia moodiness.
My Life as a Russian Novel book review
Emmanuel Carrère has been known and loved for psychologically probing third-person narratives that stretch tautly and tensely through his novels
The Thousand book review
A writer for both McSweeney’s and Salon, Kevin Guilfoile positions his second novel, The Thousand, as a thinking person’s Da Vinci Code
Man on the Move book review
It’s always good to see a Dutch writer translated into English – even better when the author is an award-winning novelist
Vanishing and Other Stories book review
Seldom has a story collection been as aptly named as Deborah Willis’s debut, Vanishing
Richard Yates book review
‘Nobody wants to discuss how lonely life is,’ a character in Richard Yates quips
Bitter in the Mouth book review
Linda, a young woman coming of age in small-town North Carolina, has a fascinating condition
Encounter book review
Encounter might as well be entitled ‘Ending’, so interested is Milan Kundera in exploring what he foresees as the end of art
Stretch book review
Spending more than 300 pages with Pollack yammering on about hatha is about as funny as watching a beginner try ashtanga.
Room book review
Shortly after the Elisabeth Fritzl story broke, Emma Donoghue decided to write a story on how confinement could affect a child.
The Search book review
Set during World War II, The Search follows the story of Jan – a nine-year-old boy from a village in Czechoslovakia
Star Island book review
In Star Island, our main characters are types you’ve seen elsewhere, and better. Good stuff, but not as good as Hiaasen can be
Super Sad True Love Story Gary book review
Had Shteyngart set out to write a postmillennial, pop-culture-saturated homage to War and Peace, he's succeeded.
The Four Fingers of Death book review
The Ice Storm author Rick Moody takes us on a journey of dead astronauts, a deadly virus and a talking chimpanzee.
Wicked Games book review
A modern day bodice-ripping yarn, this is a novel one could cheerfully curl up with on a long-haul flight
Smothered in Hugs book review
Known best for his outre fiction, Cooper has also carved out a neat career for himself as a non-fiction stylist
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