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2010 Best Fiction: The Top 25 (page 2)

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FICTION
Released: Sept. 16, 2010
SALVATION CITY
by Sigrid Nunez
"Class, not cure, is Nunez's preoccupation, and she handles it with fine-tuned irony and no small measure of profundity."
An adolescent orphan finds a home with an evangelical Christian community after his parents perish in an influenza pandemic, in the latest from Nunez (The Last of Her Kind, 2005, etc.). Read full book review >
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FICTION
Released: Sept. 14, 2010
Kirkus Star FAME
by Daniel Kehlmann, translated by Carol Brown Janeway
"A brazen take on the modern yearning for recognition. Kehlmann is a writer worth reading."
From German author Kehlmann (Me and Kaminski, 2008, etc.), nine interconnected stories that cleverly explore the seductive nature of fame--and fiction's role in creating it. Read full book review >
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FICTION
Released: Sept. 7, 2010
Kirkus Star SKIPPY DIES
by Paul Murray
"Alternate universes, too."
If Harry Potter lived in an alternate Ireland, had no real magical powers but talked a good game, and fell all over himself every time he saw a girl, he might well belong in this splendid, sardonic magnum opus. Read full book review >
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FICTION
Released: Sept. 1, 2010
Kirkus Star SNAKEWOMAN OF LITTLE EGYPT
by Robert Hellenga
"Three reasons to love Hellenga: He's a fine storyteller; he gives us new eyes; he restores our sense of wonder. Attention must be paid."
He's an anthology professor. She's a snake-handling ex-con. What they share, in this gloriously quirky sixth novel from Hellenga (The Italian Lover, 2007, etc.), is a hunger for knowledge. Read full book review >
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FICTION
Released: Aug. 1, 2010
Kirkus Star SUPER SAD TRUE LOVE STORY
by Gary Shteyngart
" When Lenny realizes "I can't connect in any meaningful way to anyone," he's writing about not merely a technological breakdown but the human condition, where the line distinguishing comedy from tragedy dissolves. "
This cyber-apocalyptic vision of an American future seems eerily like the present, in a bleak comedy that is even more frightening than funny. Read full book review >
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FICTION
Released: July 28, 2010
Kirkus Star THE FOUR FINGERS OF DEATH
by Rick Moody
"A smart, fun satire--Jonathan Swift in space, with twists befitting Vincent Price."
A rollicking romp through deep space and Arizona alike, improbable and thoroughly entertaining, courtesy of master storyteller Moody (Right Livelihoods, 2007, etc.). Read full book review >