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FICTION
Released: May 13, 2010
THE SEVEN YEAR BITCH
by Jennifer Belle
"Belle (Little Stalker, 2007, etc.) has once again invented a hilarious heroine, one who manages to be far more memorable than the plot."
Successful Manhattan Mom's best-laid plans go haywire after she loses her Wall Street job. Read full book review >
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FICTION
Released: Nov. 2, 2010
Kirkus Star FATED
by S.G. Browne
"These days there are very few American comedy writers bringing their A-game, but Browne is swinging for the fences."
Another radically funny comedy from one of America's best satiric novelists. Read full book review >
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FICTION
Released: Aug. 3, 2010
BABYLON NIGHTS
by Daniel Depp
"A laugh-out-loud crime story; all that's missing is the popcorn."
A second helping of teeth-gritting, bone-crunching action in the City of Angels and beyond, from screenwriter and budding crime novelist Depp (Loser's Town, 2009). Read full book review >
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FICTION
Released: April 1, 2010
BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE
by Wendy Holden
" If Holden's novel lacks a bit of depth, it is redeemed by the contagious pleasure had in skewering Hollywood hotties and coke-snorting aristocrats. "
This British cupcake of a novel throws a wholesome nanny into the terrifying world of Hollywood agents, actors and hastily adopted African babies. Read full book review >
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FICTION
Released: Oct. 12, 2010
Kirkus Star THE FINKLER QUESTION
by Howard Jacobson
"At turns a romp and a disquisition worthy of Maimonides; elegantly written throughout, and with plenty of punchlines too."
Elegiac--but also humorous--meditation on life's big questions: life, death, the nature of justice, whether to sleep with a German. The book won the 2010 Man Booker Prize. Read full book review >
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FICTION
Released: July 6, 2010
Kirkus Star A THOUSAND PEACEFUL CITIES
by Jerzy Pilch, translated by David Frick
"If laughter actually is the best medicine, fortunate readers of this wonderful novel will surely enjoy perfect health for the rest of their days."
A planned political assassination is the central subject of this delightful 1997 novel, the third to reach English translation from its award-winning, highly popular Polish author (The Mighty Angel, 2009, etc.). Read full book review >