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ED KINGMore comedy than tragedy: It’s hard to garner much sympathy for characters whose lives are determined by their own selfish... Full review >
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EVERY THIRD THOUGHTby John Barth
Idiosyncratic, outlandish—and a good read. Full review >
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THE GREAT LEADERby Jim Harrison
Wounds-and-all portrait of a lion in winter, beleaguered but still battling. Full review >
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NO MORE MR. NICE GUYA lovely, lively novel for all its sometimes bitter view of the war between the sexes; impeccably written, and without a... Full review >
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SNUFFA treat no fan of Discworld—and there are boatloads of them—will want to miss. Full review >
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1Q84by Haruki Murakami & translated by Jay Rubin & Philip Gabriel
Orwellian dystopia, sci-fi, the modern world (terrorism, drugs, apathy, pop novels)—all blend in this dreamlike, strange and... Full review >
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THE BEST AMERICAN SHORT STORIES 2011edited by Geraldine Brooks
Each one of these stories could establish itself as some reader’s favorite. Full review >
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THE CAT'S TABLEElegiac, mature and nostalgic—a fine evocation of childhood, and of days irretrievably past. Full review >
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THE FORGOTTEN WALTZby Anne Enright
In rueful, witty, unpredictable and compassionate prose, Enright gives expression to subtle, affecting shades of human... Full review >
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THE SACRED BANDA close, yes—but with wiggle room for more Acacian adventures. At any rate, on the strength of this installment, Durham’s... Full review >
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ZONE ONEThe latest from a generation of literary novelists who are erasing the distinction between art and pulp. Full review >
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