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New & Notable Fiction: March 2012 (page 2)


Cover art for THE BOOK OF JONAS
FICTION
Released: March 15, 2012

"A literary tour de force."
In Dau's debut fiction, Younis, a perceptive, observant boy in a nameless Central Asian land, is caught up in the war on terror. Read full book review >
Cover art for CITY OF BOHANE
FICTION
Released: March 13, 2012

"Barry's addictive dialect and faultless confidence make this volatile novel a rare treat."
Gangland warfare rules the day in an imagined, decivilized Irish city. Read full book review >
Cover art for THE DOG WHO DANCED
FICTION
Released: March 13, 2012

Love, loss and redemption are explored in Wilson's (One Good Dog, 2010, etc.) latest mainstream fiction. Read full book review >
Cover art for AUTUMN: AFTERMATH
FICTION
Released: March 13, 2012

"A fine study of the human race's chances in a post-post-apocalyptic world."
Now that the re-animated dead are an ever decreasing threat, survivors must decide what to do next in the fifth and final book in Moody's (Autumn, 2010, etc.) Read full book review >
Cover art for THE WHITE PEARL
FICTION
Released: March 6, 2012

"Although the characters are thinly motivated, their adventure story, a pleasing mélange of a vintage movie and a Pacific Theater version of Lost, is riveting to the last."
An English matron flees the Japanese with her family, in Furnivall's ripping World War II yarn. Read full book review >
Cover art for CLAIR DE LUNE
FICTION
Released: March 6, 2012

"Fine and dry, with a faint flavor of The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, Carleton's vignette of innocence and experience has a bright wit and perceptive charm, rendered all the more enjoyable by its retro feel."
Newly discovered, the evocative fable of a young teacher's brush with professional disaster during a simpler-seeming era. Read full book review >