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The Best Debut Fiction of 2010 (page 2)


Cover art for THE HOUSE ON SALT HAY ROAD
FICTION
Released: June 1, 2010

"Clevidence's worldview may be dark, but her future is rosy. "
A Depression-era family threatens to disintegrate in this elegant debut. Read full book review >
Cover art for A KIND OF INTIMACY
FICTION
Released: June 1, 2010

"An impressive debut that will remind some of the work of Patricia Highsmith. A nasty, but tough-to-put-down portrait of a sociopath."
A self-absorbed young woman cannot outrun her troubled past when she tries for a new start in a British suburb. Read full book review >
Cover art for THE SWIMMING POOL
FICTION
Released: April 6, 2010

"Whether open or suppressed, passion rules events, but this is not a murder mystery; instead LeCraw reveals the complex moral and psychological mystery within all relationships."
LeCraw's remarkably confident first novel begins seven years after an unsolved murder and explores the ripple effect both of decisions that may have caused the murder and its aftermath. Read full book review >
Cover art for THE LOTUS EATERS
FICTION
Released: April 1, 2010

"Moving and memorable."
An impressive debut novel about a female photographer covering the Vietnam War. Read full book review >
Cover art for THE DREAM OF PERPETUAL MOTION
FICTION
Released: March 2, 2010

"A novel of ideas that holds together like a dream. "
An intoxicatingly ambitious debut novel that somehow seems to encapsulate everything the author believes about everything. Read full book review >
Cover art for BLOODROOT
FICTION
Released: Jan. 15, 2010

"Pitch-perfect voices tell a story loaded with lyric suffering and redemption--bound to be a huge hit. "
Greene's debut shows three generations of an eastern Tennessee family struggling against abusive men and narrow middle-class values that try to destroy their unusually active spirits. Read full book review >