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Book Review: In One Person by John Irving
April 15, 2022And therein shines the beauty of Irving’s tale, who we used to be as a society...
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Book Review: Tigers in Red Weather by Liza Klaussman
April 2, 2022A potential reader sizing up Liza Klausmann’s new novel, Tigers in Red Weather, would do well...
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Book Review: The Lower River by Paul Theroux
April 2, 2022She cautions him, “They will eat your money,” she said. “When your money is gone, they...
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Book Review: True Believers by Kurt Andersen
March 31, 2022Nevertheless, Andersen’s willingness to digress, to reflect in Karen’s voice on the implications of her experiences...
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Book Review: Broken Harbor by Tana French
March 31, 2022Right out of the gate, French displayed a gift for rich psychological plots, complex characterizations, and...
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Book Review: The Expendable Man by Dorothy B. Hughes
March 26, 2022As befits a former poet, Hughes’s writing is economical yet stylish, atmospheric without being fussy. And...
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Book Review: Laura Lamont’s Life in Pictures by Emma Straub
March 24, 2022The feelings and experiences that preoccupy Straub are pregnancy and motherhood, friendship and domestic partnership. The...
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Book Review: The Garden of Evening Mists by Tan Twan Eng
March 23, 2022The Garden of Evening Mists is set in three inter-linked time frames. Past and present struggle...
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Book Review: This Is How You Lose Her by Junot Diaz
March 23, 2022Perhaps it’s fair to say that the big accomplishment of Diaz’s new book is that it...
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Book Review: NW by Zadie Smith
March 20, 2022By calling her newest novel NW, Zadie Smith follows in the tradition of other writers, including...