FICTION
Released: June 1, 2012
"Independently intelligible but best appreciated after volume one--and with a huge surprise twist in the last sentence. "
Part two of the topnotch space opera begun with
Leviathan Wakes (2011), from Corey (aka Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck).
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FICTION
Released: June 1, 2012
"A novel that satisfies all expectations in some very familiar ways. "
A family melodrama that encompasses both tragedy and farce, as an upper-middle-class clan gathers to mourn a dead son and perhaps move on.
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FICTION
Released: June 5, 2012
"A lyrical little novel about hope triumphing over adversity."
Makine presents a story within a story and thus winds up focusing on the lives of two "unknown men."
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FICTION
Released: June 5, 2012
"Even if the plot and themes are second-hand, this is an emotionally and intellectually astute debut."
Edith Wharton's
The Age of Innocence gets a reboot in this novel set in a present-day London Jewish enclave.
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FICTION
Released: June 5, 2012
"Amiable fluff for poolside."
Cook, author of the bestselling
Must Love Dogs (2002), delivers a minor comedy featuring a trod-upon woman who finds herself a contestant on
Dancing with the Stars.
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FICTION
Released: June 5, 2012
"Consigning most of the violence to the past allows Piccirilli (The Fever Kill, 2007, etc.) to dial down the gore while imparting a soulful, shivery edge to this tale of an unhappy family that's assuredly unhappy in its own special way."
Summoned home by an urgent plea from his kid sister, a runaway brother finds his family of thieves just as dysfunctional and even more criminal.
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