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Book Review: Mr Fox by Helen Oyeyemi
May 15, 2024In a neat reversal of the Reynard myth, the students at a school that molds young...
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Book Review: Maybe This Time by Alois Hotschnig
May 11, 2024Filled with unsettling images and language, Alois Hotchnig’s newly translated collection is an uncomfortable journey, but...
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Book Review: Rules of Civility by Amor Towles
May 4, 2024The theme of making a life choice between love or ambition has been a staple of...
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Book Review: The Craigslist Murders by Brenda Cullerton
May 3, 2024An interior “desecrator” who despises the bored super-rich housewives who can afford her services, she lives...
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Book Review: How I Lost the War by Filippo Bologna
April 30, 2024Yet in Federico’s town, pools are pumped and wells are closed. They remove centuries old trees...
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Book Review: Doc by Mary Doria Russell
April 18, 2024It is the daily struggle of life that blights the lives of Russell’s protagonists. Ill-health and...
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Book Review: Miss New India by Bharati Mukherjee
April 15, 2024The title refers to the new female embodiment aspired to by the main character Anjali Bose...
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Book Review: The Monkey’s Wedding and Other Stories by Joan Aiken
April 9, 2024The pieces in this collection are tight knots or loose koans—sweet little puzzles. Told with the...
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Book Review: Swamplandia! by Karen Russell
March 24, 2024The passing of Swamplandia!, a crass, hokey "hicksville" where live chickens are suspended from wires to...
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Book Review: Heartstone: A Matthew Shardlake Tudor Mystery by C.J. Sansom
March 23, 2024Matthew Shardlake the lawyer and his friend Dr. Guy Malton represent the arrival of the professional...