Category: FICTION

January 7, 2012

The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest by Stieg Larsson *** (of 4)

The conclusion, and maybe the best, of the Swedish trilogy about men who hate women and abuse, cut apart, strangle, murder, beat, rape, and do...

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November 20, 2011

Tinkers by Paul Harding ** (of 4)

An old man lies in his bed surrounded by family and his memories as his life winds down like the clocks he used to fix. ...

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November 7, 2011

The Art of Fielding by Chad Harbach ** (of 4)

A book about and probably for young adults, and not a very good one at that, about a high school farm boy accepted at a...

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October 24, 2011

The Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett **** (of 4)

The Queen of England, nearing the age of 80, and bored with the routine of the Royal Wave, Royal Art opening, and Royal Ship inauguration...

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October 16, 2011

The Free World by David Bezmozgis *** (of 4)

A paean to the Russian virtue to endure. This set of Russians are Jewish emigres, among the first to be granted permission to escape the...

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September 18, 2011

The Case of the Man who Died Laughing by Tarquin Hall *** (of 4)

The second in the series of Tarquin Hall mysteries taking place in contemporary New Delhi. In this one our food-loving detective, Vish Puri, whose assistants...

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August 26, 2011

Matterhorn by Carl Marlantes **** (of 4)

On the face of it this is the retelling of the life and senseless destruction of a group of marines in the Vietnam War, but,...

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August 15, 2011

To the End of the Land by David Grossman **** (of 4)

Ora is worried to the point of illness that her son who has been called up by the Israeli Army for a special operation is...

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July 15, 2011

Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese *** (of 4)

This is a half-century story of Marion Stone, born in the late 1950s as the twin son of a British physician and a nun (oops). ...

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July 2, 2011

Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman **** (of 4)

It takes equal parts chutzpah and talent to write a fairy tale for adults, but Gaiman has the skill to have you open the cover...

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