Book Reviews
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The Tartar Steppe, Dino Buzzati, trans. Stuart C. Hood
often compared to works by Kafka, Camus, and Calvino Read more »| 11 May 2007 -
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The Raw Shark Texts by Steven Hall
it's damned original, human and satisfyingly identifiable, and as a debut it's top class. Read more »| 11 May 2007 -
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Believe in the Sign by Mark Hodkinson
What it means to pathologically follow failure. Read more »| 11 Apr 2007 -
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Gold by Dan Rhodes
Who but Dan Rhodes can weave so seamlessly the hilarious and the pathetic? Read more »| 11 Apr 2007 -
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Measuring the World by Daniel Kehlmann
Will rivet eyes to its pages. Read more »| 11 Apr 2007 -
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Prince: Thief in the Temple by Brian Morton
Purple and peach sex grooves evolving at a frightening pace... Read more »| 11 Apr 2007
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The Pesthouse by Jim Crace
Lest the moral of the story get you down (or alienate the lucrative American market) there's a love story to divert the attention. Read more »| 11 Apr 2007 -
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The Savage Altar by Asa Larsson
Larsson consistently uses tired clichés and one-dimensional, over-familiar characters Read more »| 11 Apr 2007 -
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Nobody Passes: Rejecting the Rules of Gender and Conformity edited by Mattilda a.k.a. Matt Bernstein Sycamore
An inspiring, innovative anthology compiled by one of the most exciting activists on the scene today Read more »| 12 Mar 2007 -
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Globe by Michael O'Siadhail
A good place to find powerful and positive poetry Read more »| 12 Mar 2007 -
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Imposture by Benjamin Markovits
Markovits and his Polidori would have done well emulating Byron's more direct nature Read more »| 12 Mar 2007 -
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Salmon Fishing in the Yemen by Paul Torday
It's East-meets-West time, kids. Read more »| 12 Mar 2007 -
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Straight Ahead by Clare Shaw
Shaw's work hits - and bruises - with a deliberate candour Read more »| 12 Mar 2007 -
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The Song Before It Is Sung by Justin Cartwright
Enough moments of sheer suspense and bravado to be accessible to pretty much anyone. Read more »| 12 Mar 2007 -
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The Yacoubian Building by Alaa Al Aswany
Alaa Al Aswany's novel has become a bestseller in the Middle East and earned enthusiastic comparisons to Tales of the City. Read more »| 12 Mar 2007