Fiction in June 2000....
Staff -- Library Journal, 2/1/2000
ABBOTT, Lee K. & others.
The Putt at the End of the World.
ISBN 0-466-52600-2. $24.95.
abridged. Time Warner Audio.
ISBN 1-57042-918-9. $24.98.
Modeling this new work on their successful serial novel, Naked Came the Manatee, Dave Barry, James W. Hall, and Les Standiford join other writers to craft a tale about a golf tournament that will determine the fate of the world.
ASHER, Marty.
The Boomer.
Knopf. Jun. 2000. 160p.
ISBN 0-375-41009-0. $15.
The editor-in-chief of Vintage Books takes on the baby boomers as they drift to the far reaches of middle age.
BEAR, Greg.
Star Wars: Rogue Planet.
Del Rey/Lucas Bks: Ballantine. Jun. 2000. 400p.
ISBN 0-345-43538-9. $26.
abridged. BDD Audio.
ISBN 0-375-41586-6. $29.95.
abridged. BDD Audio.
ISBN 0-375-41563-7. $25.
The young Obi-Wan Kenobi trains 12-year-old Anakin Skywalker to become a Jedi knight.
CORNWELL, Patricia.
The Last Precinct.
Putnam. Jun. 2000. 432p.
ISBN 0-399-14625-3. $26.95.
abridged. Putnam Berkley Audio.
ISBN 0-399-14637-7. $24.95.
unabridged. Putnam Berkley Audio.
ISBN 0-399-14636-9. $39.95.
Scarpetta's investigation of an age-old murder -- in Jamestown, VA, no less -- brings an up-to-date threat of violence.
Note: The publication of Patricia Cornwell's The Last Precinct, originally scheduled for this summer, has been postponed until November.
FLANAGAN, William.
A & R.
Random. Jun. 2000. 368p.
ISBN 0-375-50266-1. $23.95.
Written by a vice president of VH1, this insider's tale of the music industry features a young A&R (artists and repertoire) genius overwhelmed by intrigue at the big new recording company he has just joined.
HOFFMAN, Alice.
The River King.
Putnam. Jun. 2000. 304p.
ISBN 0-399-14599-0. $23.95.
It's town vs. gown in little Haddan, MA, home of the prestigious Haddan School, as an unaccountable death puts everyone on edge.
JAKES, John.
On Secret Service.
Dutton. Jun. 2000. 464p.
ISBN 0-525-94544-X. $24.95.
Jakes's first Civil War novel in over a decade concerns the war's impact on four young people, ranging from an actress to a spy.
MAILER, Norris Church.
Windchill.
Random. Jun. 2000. 448p.
ISBN 0-375-50319-6. $24.95.
Norman Mailer's wife draws on personal experience in this first novel about a young woman in Arkansas who begins questioning her mundane life.
MALOUF, David.
Dream Stuff.
Pantheon. Jun. 2000. 224p.
ISBN 0-375-42053-3. $23.
A collection of short stories, set in Australia, from the Los Angeles Times Book Award winner for the gem Remembering Babylon.
PUZO, Mario.
Omerta.
Random. Jun. 2000. 336p.
ISBN 0-375-50254-8. $25.95.
lrg. prnt. Random.
ISBN 0-375-43058-X. $25.95.
abridged. Random Audio.
ISBN 0-375-41570-X. $25.
unabridged. Random Audio.
ISBN 0-375-41572-6. $39.95.
abridged. Random Audio.
ISBN 0-375-47571-8. $29.95.
Puzo spent the last years of his life on this finale to his Mafia saga, which concerns the struggle between an FBI agent and a "retired" don.
ROBBINS, Tom.
Fierce Invalids Home from Hot Climates.
Bantam. Jun. 2000. 432p.
ISBN 0-553-10775-5. $27.50.
unabridged. BDD Audio.
ISBN 0-553-52732-0. $39.95.
Not just a fierce invalid but a gun-toting pacifist and an anarchist who works for the government, Switters is another wacky character from Robbins.
SAUL, John.
Nightshade.
Ballantine. Jun. 2000. 336p.
ISBN 0-345-43329-7. $25.95.
abridged. BDD Audio.
ISBN 0-553-52733-9. $25.
When his grandmother moves in, bringing with her a terrible secret regarding his mother and dead aunt, teenaged Matt finds himself staring down the forces of evil.
SHAARA, Jeff.
Gone for Soldiers: A Novel of the Mexican War.
Ballantine. May 2000. 512p.
ISBN 0-345-42750-5. $26.95.
lrg prnt. Random.
ISBN 0-375-43057-1. $26.95.
abridged. BDD Audio.
ISBN 0-553-52720-7. $25.95.
unabridged. BDD Audio.
ISBN 0-553-50254-9. $39.95.
abridged. BDD Audio.
ISBN 0-553-71198-9. $29.95.
Noted for the Civil War saga he took over from his father, Michael, Shaara steps back -- all the way to the Mexican-American War, where the young Robert E. Lee proves his mettle.
SZULC, Tad.
To Kill the Pope: An Ecclesiastical Thriller.
Scribner. Jun. 2000. 320p.
ISBN 0-684-83781-1. $25.
Pope Gregory XVII's would-be assassin is identified as an Islamic terrorist, but the pope suspects otherwise. Szulc wrote Pope John Paul II: An Autobiography.
WHITE, Edmund.
The Married Man: A Love Story.
Knopf. Jun. 2000. 336p.
ISBN 0-375-40005-2. $25.
Austin, an American in Paris, meets the young, married Julien and launches an affair that ends in bitter crisis somewhere in the Sahara.
WILLIAMSON, Penn.
Mortal Sins.
Warner. Jun. 2000. 432p.
ISBN 0-446-52154-X. $23.95.
abridged. Time Warner Audio.
ISBN 1-57042-924-3. $24.98.
Set in New Orleans, this thriller features an investigator whose old flame -- a Hollywood sex goddess -- is accused of killing her husband. The author writes women's fiction as Penelope Williamson.
