Fiction Review Source: A Literary Link to Current Fiction
December 2002

Tuesday December 31, 2002
Philadelphia Inquirer
  • The Unswept Room by Sharon Olds Review by Christine Thomas

    Sunday December 29, 2002
    New York Times Book Review
  • When the Women Come Out to Dance by Elmore Leonard Review by Charles Taylor

  • Behindlings by Nicola Barker Review by Michael Pye

  • Domino by Ross king Review by Michael Upchurch

    Books in Brief:
  • State of Siege by Juan Goytisolo Review by Charles Wilson

  • Attempted Chemistry by Jeff Gomez Review by Darcy Cosper

  • Sleeping With the Dictionary by Harryette Mullen Review by Mary Park

  • The Scheme for Full Employment by Magnus Mills 0 Review by Alix Wilber

  • The Lords of Misrule: Poems by X.J. Kennedy Review by Eric McHenry

  • Behold Faith and Other Stories by Tom Noyes Review by John Hartl

    San Francisco Chronicle
  • The Scheme for Full Employment by Magnus Mills Review by David Kipen

  • In the River Sweet by Patricia Henley Review by Christine Thomas

  • A Santo in the Image of Cristobal Garcia by Rick Collignon Review by Jules Siegel

  • As Ever: Selected Poems by Joanne Kyger Review by John Freeman

    Chicago Tribune
  • A Shortcut in Time by Charles Dickinson Review by Loren Ghiglione

  • Avoidance by Michael Lowenthal Review by Dan Cryer

    LA Times
  • One Foot in Eden by Ron Rash
  • Cold Water by Gwendoline Riley
    Review by Mark Rozzo

  • A Cycle of the West by John G. Neihardt Review by Norman Corwin

    Discoveries:
  • Ice Cream by Helen Dunmore
  • Earth and Ashes by Atiq Rahimi
  • Tales from the Cuban Empire by Anotnio Jose Ponte
    Review by Susan Salter Reynolds

    Philadelphia Inquirer
  • The Last Noel by Michael Malone Review by Pamela Rohland

  • Night Watch by Terry Pratchett Review by Anthony R. Wood

  • Dar es Salaam by Tara Kai Review by Phaedra Trethan

    Tuesday December 24, 2002
    Philadelphia Inquirer
    July, July by Tim O'Brien Review by Benjamin Austen

    Sunday December 22, 2002
    New York Times Book Review
  • Blood Song by Eric Drooker
  • Shutterbug Follies by Jason Little
  • Summer Blonde by Adrian Tomine
  • The Boulevard of Broken Dreams by Kim Deitch with Simon Deitch
  • Road to America by Baru
  • One Hundred Demons by Lynda Barry
    Review by Nick Hornby

  • Cross Roads by Karel Capek Review by Patricia Hampl

  • The Thousand Wells by Adam Kirsch Review by Ken Tucker

  • A Winter Marriage by Kerry Hardie Review by Catherine Lockerbie

    San Francisco Chronicle
  • A Whistling Woman by A.S. Byatt Review by Rachel Elson

  • K: The Art of Love by Hong Ying Review by Barbara Quick

  • Beatniks by Toby Litt Review by Alan Kaufman

  • The Book of the Heathen by Robert Edric Review by David Gilson

  • The Ecstatic by Victor LaValle Review by Josh Emmons

  • How to Cook a Tart by Nina Killham Review by Radhika Sharma

  • The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, 3W by Gabriel Brownstein Review by Ken Foster

    Washington Post Book World
  • In Revere, In Those Days by Roland Merullo Review by Sven Birkerts

  • The Angel With One Hundred Wings by Daniel Horch Review by Gelareh Asayesh

  • The Navigator of New York by Wayne Johnston Review by Jennifer Howard

  • Decipher by Sel Pavlou Review by Douglas E. Winter

    Chicago Tribune
  • The Stories of Alice Adams Review by Conan Putnam

    Newsday
  • Child of My Heart by Alice McDermott Review by Kate Bolick

    Philadelphia Inquirer
  • That Old Ace in the Hole by Annie Proulx Review by Lionel Shriver

  • At the Palace of Jove by Karl Kirchwey Review by Michael Peich

  • When the Women Come Out to Dance by Elmore Leonard Review by Marc Schogol

    LA Times
  • Hello to the Cannibals by Richard Bausch Review by Joanna Rakoff

    Sunday December 15, 2002
    New York Times Book Review
  • Who's Who in Hell by Robert Chalmers Review by Sam Sifton

  • That Old Ace in the Hole by Annie Proulx Review by Laura Miller

  • How To Cook a Tart by Nina Killham Review by Jennifer Reese

  • The Unswept Room by Sharon Olds Review by Stephen Burt

  • The Ecstatic by Victor LaValle Review by Richard Gehr

    Books in Brief:
  • Collected Novels and Plays by James Merrill Review by Mary Park

  • Night Watch by Terry Pratchett Review by Therese Littleton

  • Chinese Whispers: Poems by John Ashbery Review by Matthew Flamm

  • Sounding the Blood by Amanda Hale Review by William Ferguson

  • Altered Land by Jules Hardy Review by Kerry Fried

  • Sun Out: Selected Poems 1952-1954 by Kenneth Koch
  • A Possible World by Kenneth Koch
    Review by Melanie Rehak

    Washington Post Book World
  • The October Horse by Colleen McCullough Review by Katharine A. Powers

  • In the River Sweet by Patricia Henley Review by Aoibheann Sweeney

  • Paradise Alley by Kevin Baker Review by Nowl Perrin

  • Blue Shoe by Anne Lamott Review by Carol Muske-Dukes

    San Francisco Chronicle
  • The Seven Sisters by Margaret Drabble Review by Heller McAlpin

  • Waiting For Sweet Betty by Clarence Major Review by Megan Harlan

  • The Green Hour by Frederic Tuten Review by J. Alex Tarquinio

    Chicago Tribune
  • Bow's Boy by Richard Babcock Review by Porter Shreve

  • All is Vanity by Christina Schwarz Review by Lynna Williams

  • Tell Me: 30 Stories by Mary Robison
  • Why Did I Ever by Mary Robison
    Review by Alan Cheuse

    LA Times
  • A Whistling Woman by A.S. Byatt Review by Merle Rubin

  • The Secret by Eva Hoffman Review by Michael Harris

  • That Old Ace in the Hole by Annie Proulx Review by John Banville

    First Fiction:
  • Ruby River by Lynn Pruett
  • Your Mouth is Lovely by Nancy Richler
    Review by Mark Rozzo

    Newsday
  • A Whistling Woman by A.S. Byatt Review by Polly Shulman

  • Prey by Michael Crichton Review by Marin Winik

    Wednesday December 11, 2002
    LA Times
  • Alice in Exile by Piers Paul Read Review by Daniel Cariaga

    Tuesday December 10, 2002
    LA Times
  • The Ecstatic by Victor LaValle Review by Bernadette Murphy

    Philadelphia Inquirer
  • Blue Shoe by Anne Lamott Review by Kimberley Crabtree Isaza

  • The Crazed by Ha Jin Review by Maggie Galehouse

    Monday December 9, 2002
    LA Times
  • The Secret by Eva Hoffman Review by Merle Rubin

    Sunday December 8, 2002
    New York Times Book Review
  • Rumpole Rest His Case by John Mortimer Review by Patricia T. O"Conner

  • The Minotaur Takes a Cigarette Break by Steven Sherrill Review by Megan O'Grady

    Washington Post Book World
  • Child of My Heart by Alice McDermott Review by Carolyn See

  • A Whistling Woman by A.S. Byatt Review by Alice K. Turner

  • The Seven Sisters by Margaret Drabble Review by Frances Stead Sellers

  • I Hate To See That Evening Sun Go Down by William Gay Review by Kevin Allman

    San Francisco Chronicle
  • The Old Ace in the Hole by Annie Proulx Review by David Kipen

  • Selected Stories of Philip K. Dick Review by Alan Cheuse

  • Some of the Parts by T Cooper Review by Diane Anderson-Minshall

  • The Here and Now by Gregg Easterbrook Review by Jim Namrocki

    Philadelphia Iniquirer
  • Selected Poems 1957-1994 by Ted Hughes Review by Karl Kirchwey

  • Ride by David Walton Review by Benjamin Austen

    Friday December 6, 2002
    New York Times
  • The Stories of Alice Adams Review by Janet Maslin

    Thursday December 5, 2002
    Newsday
  • Avoidance by Michael Lowenthal Review by Dan Cryer

    Sunday December 1, 2002
    New York Times Book Review
  • Selected Poems, 19957-1994 by Ted Hughes Review by Peter Davison

  • The Stories of Alice Adams Review by Angeline Goreau

  • The Adventures of Lucky Pierre by Robert Coover Review by Will Blythe

  • Bet Your Life by Richard Dooling Review by Mark Costello

  • The Justification of Johann Gutenberg by Blake Morrison Review by Julie Gray

    San Francisco Chronicle
  • Child of My Heart by Alice McDermott Review by Anneli Rufus

  • I Don't Know How She Does It by Allison Pearson Review by Sarah Coleman

  • Jane Austen in Boca by Paula Marantz Cohen Review by Heller McAlpin

    Chicago Tribune
  • When the Emperor Was Divine by Julie Otsuka Review by Ellen Emry Heltzel

    LA Times
  • Nothing That Meets the Eye: The Uncollected Stories by Patricia Highsmith Review by Charlotte Innes

  • Born Twice by Giuseppe Pontiggia Review by Thomas McGonigle

  • December 6 by Martin Cruz Smith Review by Michael Harris

    Philadelphia Inquirer
  • The Seven Sisters by Margaret Drabble Review by Christine THomas

  • Jane Austen in Boca by Paula Marantz Cohen Review by Paula Freidman

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