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Roberto Bolano–WOES OF THE TRUE POLICEMAN
“When the author is in the middle of writing [a novel], the end can’t be the most important thing, and many times it is hasn’t even been determined. What matters is the active participation of the...
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Gene Kerrigan–DARK TIMES IN THE CITY
Note: Gene Kerrigan’s last novel, The Rage, was winner of the Crime Writers Association Golden Dagger Award for Best Crime Novel of 2012. This newly released US edition of Dark Times in the City was...
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Mary Whipple–NOMINEES FOR IMPAC DUBLIN AWARD, reviewed here
The Longlist for the 2014 IMPAC Dublin International Literary Award has been announced today in Dublin. Here’s the list of the 152 nominees, chosen by librarians from selected libraries around the...
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Jonathan Grimwood–THE LAST BANQUET
“When writing stories, people say begin where it begins…But how does anyone know where anything really begins? Did this story begin the day I met Virginie, the day I arrived at the military academy to...
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Anthony Marra–A CONSTELLATION OF VITAL PHENOMENA
Note: This novel was WINNER of the first John Leonard Prize this year, awarded by the National Book Critics Circle to a debut work of note in any genre. It was also chosen one of the Top Ten Books of...
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Maurizio de Giovanni–EVERYONE IN THEIR PLACE: The Summer of Commissario...
Note: This novel is the third novel in the Commissario Ricciardi series. Like the others in the series, it can be read and enjoyed separately. “He had scrupulously kept himself at a safe distance from...
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Jane Gardam–A LONG WAY FROM VERONA
Note: Jane Gardam is WINNER of the Heywood Hill Literary Prize for a lifetime’s contribution to the enjoyment of literature. She is also the only author to have been a two-time WINNER of the Whitbread...
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Christopher Moore–THE STUPIDEST ANGEL: A Heartwarming Tale of Christmas Terror
“Life is messy. Would that every puzzle piece fell into place, every word was kind, every accident happy, but such is not the case. Life is messy. People, generally, suck.” Although this is an oldie...
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Anders de la Motte–GAME
“Mel Gibson in Conspiracy Theory, Gene Hackman’s character, Brill, in Enemy of the State, that’s what he was turning into. The obsessive, the lone lunatic, the conspiracy nut who lived his life in...
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Jo Nesbo–COCKROACHES
“He saw something move in the gloom, on the sink, a couple of antennae swinging to and fro. A cockroach. It was the size of a thumb…He shivered. It was cold comfort knowing they were more frightened...
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