A boy who doesn’t fully comprehend the events he’s sucked into is the narrator of Deepa Anappara’s dazzling debut novel, …
By Chris Hewitt, Star Tribune (Minneapolis) Books Mar. 28, 2020 6:42 pm2126d ago
A boy who doesn’t fully comprehend the events he’s sucked into is the narrator of Deepa Anappara’s dazzling debut novel, …
By Karen MacPherson, Washington Post Books Mar. 15, 2020 4:00 pm2139d ago
‘Remember: Pick a real book! No comics!” The parent’s sharp voice cut through the children’s room at the public library …
By John Glassie, Washington Post Books Mar. 15, 2020 3:00 pm2139d ago
Some people dream of seeing a game in every stadium in the major leagues. Others are content to stream all …
By Oline H. Cogdill, Sun Sentinel (TNS) Books Mar. 15, 2020 1:00 pm2139d ago
Charles Todd’s exquisitely calibrated novels about Scotland Yard Insp. Ian Rutledge set post-World War I continue to set new standards, …
By Laurie Hertzel, Star Tribune (Minneapolis) Books Mar. 15, 2020 11:00 am2139d ago
Her husband’s commute from his job in the Bronx to their house in Brooklyn was stressful, traffic-clogged and slow, and …
By Karen MacPherson, Washington Post
Books Mar. 15, 2020 9:00 am2139d ago
Parents: If you’re unfamiliar with the breadth and depth of kids’ comics these days, here’s a list to get you …
By Carol Memmott, Washington Post
Books Mar. 14, 2020 5:00 pm2140d ago
‘Saint X,” Alexis Schaitkin’s atmospheric new novel, is ostensibly about a young American girl who goes missing while on a …
By Jung Yun, Washington Post
Books Mar. 14, 2020 2:58 pm2140d ago
‘When Miss Emily Grierson died, our whole town went to her funeral.” So begins William Faulkner’s 1930 short story, ‘A …
By Dina Temple-Raston, Washington Post
Books Mar. 14, 2020 2:58 pm2140d ago
The bulletin that crackled over the police radio deep in Iowa corn country began innocuously enough: A farmer had spotted …
By Ron Charles, Washington Post
Books Mar. 7, 2020 9:58 pm2146d ago
Please don’t do this. Don’t write a novel about trying to write a novel. It’s cliche and insular and lazy. …
By Jake Cline, Washington Post
Books Mar. 7, 2020 9:39 pm2146d ago
‘How will the last generation know it is the last generation?” someone asks in Jenny Offill’s anxious and funny new …
By Silvia Moreno-Garcia and and Lavie Tidhar, Washington Post
Books Mar. 8, 2020 6:54 pm2146d ago
The coronavirus outbreak feels like something out of a science fiction – or horror – novel. Indeed, novelists have been …
By Ellen Akins, Washington Post
Books Mar. 7, 2020 9:38 pm2146d ago
‘Milkman,” Anna Burns’ extraordinary third novel, won the Man Booker Prize in 2018, clearing the flight path for this first …
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