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    NETHERLAND

    MAY 13, 2008

FICTION

NETHERLAND

by Joseph O’Neill

This love story about a friendship, a place and a marriage is not easy to read, but it’s even harder to stop thinking about. Full review >

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    EXTREMELY LOUD AND INCREDIBLY CLOSE

    APRIL 4, 2005

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EXTREMELY LOUD AND INCREDIBLY CLOSE

by Jonathan Safran Foer

Much more is revealed as this brilliant fiction works thrilling variations on, and consolations for, its plangent message:... Full review >

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    WAITING FOR RESCUE

    SEPT. 1, 2009

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WAITING FOR RESCUE

by Lucy Honig

Though occasionally preachy, the novel is both heartfelt and moving. Full review >

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    TROPHY HOUSE

    AUG. 1, 2005

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TROPHY HOUSE

by Anne Bernays

Elegantly readable and sardonically perceptive: literary fiction that doesn’t put on airs. Full review >

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    HOME BOY

    SEPT. 1, 2009

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HOME BOY

by H.M. Naqvi

A breezy, thoughtful and witty novel about the immigrant experience. Full review >

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    BETWEEN TWO RIVERS

    JUNE 4, 2004

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BETWEEN TWO RIVERS

by Nicholas Rinaldi

Superb entertainment: some of the characterizations are superficial, but what counts is the warmhearted celebration of New... Full review >

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    TERRORIST

    JUNE 6, 2006

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TERRORIST

by John Updike

However it’s read, Updike, approaching his mid-70s, continues to entice, provoke and astonish. Who knows where he’ll take us... Full review >

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    THE YEAR THAT FOLLOWS

    JUNE 12, 2009

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THE YEAR THAT FOLLOWS

by Scott Lasser

A novel with barely a wasted word or an emotion that doesn’t ring true. Full review >

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    A DISORDER PECULIAR TO THE COUNTRY

    JULY 1, 2006

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A DISORDER PECULIAR TO THE COUNTRY

by Ken Kalfus

An interesting departure from Kalfus’s Slavic-inflected earlier fiction (including PU-239 and Other Russian Fantasies,... Full review >

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  • FICTION

    THE USUAL RULES

    FEB. 22, 2003

FICTION

THE USUAL RULES

by Joyce Maynard

Profound, no, but sincere and heartfelt: could be the affirmative novel about 9/11 that a lot of readers are waiting for. Full review >

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