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The Coldest Night – The Heaven of First Love and the Hell of a Battlefield by Robert Olmstead

On May 23, 2012, in Book Reviews, Fiction, Historical Novel, by Editor

Robert Olmstead’s riveting new novel is not only a passionate story of love and war, it is a timeless story of soldiers coming home to a country with little regard for, and even less knowledge of, what they’ve confronted. Through his hero, Olmstead reveals an unspoken truth about combat: that for many men, the experience of war is the most enlivening, electric, and extraordinary experience of their lives.

Dorchester Terrace: The Latest Charlotte and Thomas Pitt Novel by Anne Perry

On May 22, 2012, in Book Reviews, Fiction, Mystery, Thrillers & Suspense, by Editor

Anne Perry’s acclaimed Charlotte and Thomas Pitt novels have made London’s exclusive world of wealth and power an addictive literary destination for readers everywhere. This new masterpiece, a haunting story of love and treason, invites us not only into the secret places of Britain’s power but also into the innermost sanctums of the fin de siècle Austro-Hungarian Empire.

Don’t Cry, Tai Lake: A Chief Inspector Chen Novel by Qiu Xiaolong

On May 22, 2012, in Book Reviews, Fiction, Mystery, Thrillers & Suspense, by Editor

Chief Inspector Chen Cao of the Shanghai Police Department is offered a bit of luxury by friends and supporters within the Party – a week’s vacation at a luxurious resort near Lake Tai, a week where he can relax, and recover, undisturbed by outside demands or disruptions. Unfortunately, the once beautiful Lake Tai, renowned for its clear waters, is now covered by fetid algae, its waters polluted by toxic runoff from local manufacturing plants.

Wichita: A Self-Destructive Punk Roils a Kansas Household – A Novel by Thad Ziolkowski

On May 19, 2012, in Book Reviews, Fiction, by Editor

Lewis Chopik has just graduated from Columbia University. Having been dumped by his girlfriend and in flight from the pressures exerted by his ambitious professor father, Lewis returns to Wichita in search of respite at the home of his New-Ager mother, Abby. But when Abby picks Lewis up from the airport, she reveals that she’s starting a storm-chasing business and indulging a polyamorous lifestyle. Another unexpected arrival is Seth, Lewis’s bi-polar younger brother, who shows off a new tattoo on his chest: In Loving Memory of Seth Chopik.

The Lower River: A Return to Africa Turns Into a Nightmare – A Novel by Paul Theroux

On May 19, 2012, in Book Reviews, Fiction, Mystery, Thrillers & Suspense, by Editor

Interweaving memory and desire, hope and despair, salvation and damnation, this is a hypnotic, compelling, and brilliant return to a terrain about which no one has ever written better than Theroux.

This Will Be Difficult to Explain: And Other Stories by Johanna Skibsrud

On May 19, 2012, in Book Reviews, Fiction, Short Stories, by Editor

In the Scotiabank Giller Prize–winning author Johanna Skibsrud’s new book, nine loosely connected and hypnotic stories introduce an unforgettable cast of characters. In This Will Be Difficult to Explain Skibsrud has created a series of masterful, perceptive tales.

The Chemistry of Tears: A Puzzling Novel Full of Secrets by Peter Carey

On May 17, 2012, in Book Reviews, Fiction, Mystery, Thrillers & Suspense, by Editor

An automaton, a man and a woman who can never meet, two stories of love—all are brought to incandescent life in this hauntingly moving novel from one of the finest writers of our time. And it is the automaton, in its beautiful, uncanny imitation of life, that will link two strangers confronted with the mysteries of creation, the miracle and catastrophe of human invention, and the body’s astonishing chemistry of love and feeling.

Store of the Worlds: The Stories of Robert Sheckley

On May 17, 2012, in Book Reviews, Fiction, Science Fiction, Short Stories, by Editor

Robert Sheckley was an eccentric master of the American short story, and his tales, whether set in dystopic cityscapes, ultramodern advertising agencies, or aboard spaceships lighting out for hostile planets, are among the most startlingly original of the twentieth century. Today, as the new worlds, alternate universes, and synthetic pleasures Sheckley foretold become our reality, his vision begins to look less absurdist and more prophetic. This retrospective selection, chosen by Jonathan Lethem and Alex Abramovich, brings together the best of Sheckley’s deadpan farces, proving once again that he belongs beside such mordant critics of contemporary mores as Bruce Jay Friedman, Terry Southern, and Thomas Pynchon.

Canada: A Great American Novel by Pulitzer-Prize Winning Author Richard Ford

On May 17, 2012, in Book Reviews, Fiction, by Editor

A true masterwork of haunting and spectacular vision from one of our greatest writers, Canada is a profound novel of boundaries traversed, innocence lost and reconciled, and the mysterious and consoling bonds of family. Told in spare, elegant prose, both resonant and luminous, it is destined to become a classic.

I Am Forbidden: A Novel About the Love of Two Ultra-Orthodox Jews by Anouk Markovits

On May 16, 2012, in Book Reviews, Fiction, Historical Novel, by Editor

A beautifully crafted, emotionally gripping story of what happens when unwavering love, unyielding law, and centuries of tradition collide, I Am Forbidden announces the arrival of an extraordinarily gifted new voice and opens a startling window on a world long closed to most of us, until now.