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New & Notable Fiction: March 2012 (page 3)

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FICTION
Released: March 6, 2012
CLAIR DE LUNE
by Jetta Carleton
"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 >
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FICTION
Released: March 6, 2012
FOUR OF A KIND
by Valerie Frankel

Four women approaching middle age find insight and inspiration at the poker table, in Frankel's breezy latest (It's Hard Not to Hate You, 2010, etc.). Read full book review >
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FICTION
Released: March 6, 2012
Kirkus Star BY BLOOD
by Ellen Ullman
"A first-rate literary thriller of compelling psychological and philosophical depth."
After two well-received books suggested that the author was a great writer for a computer programmer, she makes a big leap here, with a rich, taut, psychologically nuanced novel that has nothing to do with computers. Read full book review >
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FICTION
Released: March 6, 2012
Kirkus Star THE EXPATS
by Chris Pavone
"A thoroughly competent and enjoyable thriller with unanticipated twists that will keep readers guessing till the end."
An impressive thriller by first-time novelist Pavone, with almost more double-crosses than a body can stand. Read full book review >
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FICTION
Released: March 6, 2012
Kirkus Star GODS WITHOUT MEN
by Hari Kunzru
"Kunzru (My Revolutions, 2007, etc.) just gets better and better. This fourth novel is an astonishing tour de force. "
Hopscotching across time, looking quizzically at space, Kunzru's marvelous novel uses diverse cultures (Native American, Catholic, Mormon, Wall Street, hippie UFO believers) to speculate on the nature of reality and religion, magic and mystery. Read full book review >
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FICTION
Released: March 1, 2012
CINNAMON ROLL MURDER
by Joanne Fluke
"Fluke wraps up her 16th recipe-studded entry sweetly but not neatly, leaving just enough loose ends to hint at a tasty sequel."
A bus crash diverts cookie maven Hannah Swenson (Devil's Food Cake Murder, 2011, etc.) at least momentarily from the train wreck of her love life. Read full book review >