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BROWSE BOOK REVIEWS




New and Notable Titles for March (page 2)


Cover art for THE MIGHTY WALZER
FICTION
Released: March 29, 2011

"A delight from start to finish, and a note-perfect evocation of the gray 1950s."
An entertaining Jewish picaresque novel, following on Jacobson's Man Booker Prize–winning The Finkler Question (2010). Read full book review >
Cover art for PYM
FICTION
Released: March 1, 2011
Kirkus Star PYM

"An acutely humorous, very original story that will delight lovers of literature and fantasy alike."
A struggling professor of African-American lit falls through the rabbit hole of Edgar Allan Poe's strangest tale. Read full book review >
Cover art for RIZZO'S FIRE
FICTION
Released: March 1, 2011

"Bar none, Joe Rizzo is the most authentic cop in contemporary crime fiction."
In the gripping sequel to Rizzo's War (2009), maverick Detective Sergeant Joe Rizzo investigates the murder of a man too unimportant to murder. Read full book review >
Cover art for STICKY FINGERS
FICTION
Released: March 29, 2011

"Guaranteed to delight tough girls and tough-girl fans everywhere."
An architectural salvager discovers that the real trash can be found among Pittsburgh's intellectual elite. Read full book review >
Cover art for THE TROUBLED MAN
FICTION
Released: March 29, 2011
by Henning Mankell, translated by Laurie Thompson

"Though shivering in the winter of his discontent, Wallander will grip the reader hard. Flawed and occasionally exasperating, he is that rare thing: a true original."
Swedish detective Chief Inspector Kurt Wallander (The Pyramid, 2008, etc.) makes a riveting 10th appearance in the strange case of the spy who was and wasn't. Read full book review >
Cover art for BLOWBACK
FICTION
Released: March 1, 2011

"May's flair for narrative, characterization and evocative descriptions of various locales and historic tidbits makes his formulaic whodunit fresh and delightfully readable--catnip for armchair sleuths."
Mon dieu! Someone has killed the Great Chef of Europe. Read full book review >