Michael Russo
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The Book of George
Greathead’s (Laura & Emma) latest, which follows the title character from childhood to middle age, is a warm-hearted and gently humorous examination of a chronic failure. Left open to question is what happens to George next? Sequel?
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Dear Dickhead
Despentes’s unsparing directness and fluid style are well served by Wynne’s translation; nothing is lost. The novel is funny, raw, compelling, and well worth readers’ time.
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Colored Television
The author of Caucasia, Symptomatic, and others writes with compassion for a heroine who is searching for her racial and social identities. In the end, Senna allows Jane the success her struggles have earned for her. Readers will be grateful for that.
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How To Leave the House
Toward the novel’s end, Natwest asks, “How many ways could this go?” Newman answers Natwest’s question by providing two different endings, one cheerful, the other not. Readers will have to decide which ending is the real one, or if they both hold truth.
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Say Hello to My Little Friend
Hilarious in places, poignant in others, this novel is a literary dessert not to miss.
The Covenant of Water
Writing with compassion and insight, Verghese creates distinct characters in Dickensian profusion, and his language is striking; even graphic descriptions of medical procedures are beautifully wrought. Throughout, there are joy, courage, and devotion as well as tragedy; always there is water, the covenant that links all.
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When the Mask Slips
In Rizzoli, Ciabattari has created a fun-house mirror, reflecting and distorting the chaotic incongruities that beset his hapless hero. Definitely for fans of absurdist fiction and theater of the absurd, or anyone who just wants a good laugh.
Sugar Street
A story of the desperation and ultimate impossibility of isolation, Dee’s narrative is a spider web of questions that won’t let readers go, questions like where does insanity begin and end? Readers of Dee’s earlier novels will not want to miss this page-turner.
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