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More comedy than tragedy: It’s hard to garner much sympathy for characters whose lives are determined by their own selfish... Full review >
OCT. 1, 2011
A delectable serving of Tudor dish. Full review >
OCT. 1, 2011
Idiosyncratic, outlandish—and a good read. Full review >
OCT. 1, 2011
Wounds-and-all portrait of a lion in winter, beleaguered but still battling. Full review >
OCT. 11, 2011
OCT. 4, 2011
OCT. 1, 2011
A lovely, lively novel for all its sometimes bitter view of the war between the sexes; impeccably written, and without a... Full review >
OCT. 1, 2011
OCT. 11, 2011
A treat no fan of Discworld—and there are boatloads of them—will want to miss. Full review >
OCT. 25, 2011
Orwellian dystopia, sci-fi, the modern world (terrorism, drugs, apathy, pop novels)—all blend in this dreamlike, strange and... Full review >
OCT. 4, 2011
Each one of these stories could establish itself as some reader’s favorite. Full review >
OCT. 1, 2011
OCT. 1, 2011
Elegiac, mature and nostalgic—a fine evocation of childhood, and of days irretrievably past. Full review >
OCT. 3, 2011
In rueful, witty, unpredictable and compassionate prose, Enright gives expression to subtle, affecting shades of human... Full review >
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OCT. 4, 2011
A close, yes—but with wiggle room for more Acacian adventures. At any rate, on the strength of this installment, Durham’s... Full review >
OCT. 18, 2011
The latest from a generation of literary novelists who are erasing the distinction between art and pulp. Full review >
OCT. 4, 2011
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