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New and Notable Fiction for October (page 4)


Cover art for THE GREAT LEADER
FICTION
Released: Oct. 1, 2011

"Wounds-and-all portrait of a lion in winter, beleaguered but still battling."
A mountain, a mess and an agonized moralist, Detective Sunderson makes this mock-epic one of the most memorable tales of contemporary master Harrison (In Search of Small Gods, 2009, etc.). Read full book review >
Cover art for NANJING REQUIEM
FICTION
Released: Oct. 1, 2011
by Ha Jin

A historical novel with a timeless theme--the inhumanly human brutality of war and the attempt to sustain a life of compassion and grace in response to it. Read full book review >