FICTION
Released: Feb. 28, 2012
"A truly spellbinding work even audiences jaded by standard U.S./U.K. fantasy will devour. Kudos to the publishers for taking the plunge--but what took them so long?"
First English translation of a work written in Russian in 1997, from an award-winning Ukrainian husband-and-wife team now resident in Moscow.
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FICTION
Released: Feb. 28, 2012
"Readers will care less about Luke's prospects for survival than they will about the outcome for his wild companions."
FICTION
Released: Feb. 28, 2012
"Donatich manages to avoid clichés in what could have been another trendy defamation of the Catholic Church, for Father Dominic emerges as a fully fleshed character, both tormented and lost."
The title refers both to the Goldberg Variations and to "variations" in the priestly life of Father Dominic at Our Lady of Fatima.
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FICTION
Released: Feb. 15, 2012
"The author at his best."
Parables of emotional complexity and moral ambiguity, with lessons that are neither easy nor obvious, by a short-story master (For the Relief of Unbearable Urges, 1999, etc.).
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FICTION
Released: Feb. 14, 2012
"Screwball romance with a likable and vulnerable heroine."
Plucky bride-to-be makes an unexpected connection after she appropriates a stranger's cellphone.
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FICTION
Released: Feb. 14, 2012
"Replete with treats, particularly for Paris-lovers--indeed for anyone wedded to a special place."
Amid Baron Haussmann's demolition of her
quartier, a woman refuses to leave her home in de Rosnay's latest (
Sarah's Key, 2008, etc.).
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FICTION
Released: Feb. 14, 2012
"A romping good read that is character-driven yet intellectually provocative on issues of law, religion and morality--historical fiction at its best."
Brown's first novel is a heart-poundingly vivid, intellectually provocative account of the legal case against a fictional woman condemned to death for secretly burying her dead, illegitimate newborn in Cromwell's England.
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FICTION
Released: Feb. 8, 2012
"It's a bonus that the hero of the piece is a young girl, which ought to serve as inspiration for more than a few readers. Whether Baggott's imagined world is one that you'd want to live in is another matter entirely, of course. Damned Detonations!"
Us 99 percenters will live outside the gates come the future, and it won't be pretty--especially once the nukes start popping.
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FICTION
Released: Feb. 7, 2012
"Loyal fans and newcomers alike will be glad to join feisty Ali (Fatal Error, 2011, etc.) in her latest adventure."
FICTION
Released: Feb. 7, 2012
"An arresting, sumptuous and thoroughly satisfying debut."
FICTION
Released: Feb. 7, 2012
"This is a superb novel on every level, for Giardina fully fleshes out his characters as he scrutinizes their personal, family and social lives."
A graceful novel of an American family struggling to find identity and spiritual meaning in an age resistant--and even hostile--to their fumbling attempts.
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FICTION
Released: Feb. 6, 2012
"Lee writes with a clarity and simplicity of style that discloses deep and conflicting emotions about cultural identity."
FICTION
Released: Feb. 1, 2012
"Fans of Buckley's long string of clever historical suspensers featuring the resourceful Ursula (The Siren Queen, 2004, etc.) won't be disappointed."
A Lady of the Bedchamber for Queen Elizabeth I wishes to give up her role as a spy, but circumstances force her back into action.
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FICTION
Released: Feb. 1, 2012
"Though the cadences are like those of a fairy tale, a narrative seen through the eyes of a child, the chilling conclusion is not."
A multilayered retelling of the end of the world from Norse mythology, framed by the award-winning British novelist's analysis of how myth relates to her own work.
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FICTION
Released: Feb. 1, 2012
"Only a hardhearted reader will remain immune to Kel's troubled charm."
In musician/novelist Moore's bifurcated second novel (
The Words of Every Song, 2007), the two first-person narrations--from a housebound, grossly overweight former literature professor and a teenager in crisis over his future--never converge although they eventually intersect.
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