New & Notable Fiction: October 2012

by Tom Wolfe

Full of stereotyping and waspishness, sure, but a welcome pleasure from an old master and the best from his pen in a long... Full review >

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by Sherman Alexie

Whether recent or from his earliest period, these pieces show Alexie at his best: as an interpreter and observer, always... Full review >

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by Chris Ware

A dazzling document, beautifully if most idiosyncratically drawn; in this iteration, sure to become a collector’s item,... Full review >

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by Iain M. Banks

Sheer delight. Full review >

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by Mary Sharratt

The ideal companion to the elevation of Hildegard by the pontiff who rebuked American nuns for their outspokenness, an irony... Full review >

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by Albert Vigoleis Thelen translated by Donald O. White

Worthy of a place alongside On the Marble Cliffs, Berlin Alexanderplatz, The Death of Virgil and other modernist German... Full review >

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by Laird Hunt

Profoundly imaginative, strikingly original, deeply moving. Full review >

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by Dennis Lehane

Power, lust and moral ambiguity combine for an all-American explosion of fictional fireworks. Full review >

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by Jami Attenberg

A sharp-tongued, sweet-natured masterpiece of Jewish family life. Full review >

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by Da Chen

A lyrical tale of crossed borders, boundaries and destinies, expertly told. Full review >

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by Jo Nesbø

Where earlier novels provide a better introduction to Hole, this one best takes the full measure of the man. Full review >

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by Nick Hayes

More than a classic-comics adaptation, this is an original work of art. Full review >

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by Michael Robotham

Subtle, smart, compelling and blessed with both an intelligent storyline and top-notch writing, this book will grab readers... Full review >

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by Mark Helprin

A fine adult love story—not in the prurient sense, but in the sense of lovers elevated from smittenness to all the grown-up... Full review >

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by Christopher Buehlman

An author to watch, Buehlman is now two for two in delivering eerie, offbeat novels with admirable literary skill. Full review >

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