Fiction Review Source: A Literary Link to Current Fiction
December 2004

Sunday December 26, 2004
New York Times Book Review
  • Black Wind by Clive Cussler and Dirk Cussler Review by Mark Schone

  • American's Magic Mountain by Curtis White Review by Jaime Manrique

  • Shantaram by Gregory David Roberts Review by Megan O'Grady

    Washington Post Book World
  • State of Fear by Michael Crichton Review by Dennis Drabelle

  • Cheat and Charmer by Elizabeth Frank Review by Martha Sherrill

  • Mantrapped by Fay Weldon Review by Francesca Delbanco

  • A Fifth of November by Paul West Review by Frances Stead Sellers

    San Francisco Chronicle
  • The Stone That the Builder Refused by Madison Smartt Bell Review by Andrew Ervin

  • How I Became Stupid by Martin Page Review by Adriana Hunter

  • Distant Star by Roberto Bolano Review by Glen Helfand

    Chicago Tribune
  • I Am Charlotte Simmons by Tom Wolfe Review by Julia Keller

  • Oh, Play That Thing by Roddy Doyle Review by Jason Berry

    Wednesday December 22, 2004
    Boston Globe
  • Anja the Liar by Thoams Moran Review by Liza Weisstuch

    Tuesday December 21, 2004
    New York Times
  • Casanova in Bolzano by Sandor Marai Review by Richard Eder

    Monday December 20, 2004
    New York Times
  • Seven Types of Ambiguity by Elliot Perlman Review by Janet Maslin

    Sunday December 19, 2004
    New York Times Book Review
  • East Side Story by Louis Auchincloss Review by Thomas Mallon

  • Honored Guest: Stories by Joy Williams Review by Stephen Metcalf

    Chronicle:
  • Island Tempest by Michael Mewshaw
  • The Warlord's Son by Dan Fesperman
  • The Mercy Killers by Lisa Reardon
  • A Clock Without Hands by Guy Burt
  • Light on Snow by Anita Shreve
    Review by John Hartl

  • Liquidation by Imre Kertesz Review by Ruth Franklin

    Washington Post Book World
  • Case Histories by Kate Atkinson Review by Jeff Terrentine

  • Oh, Play That Thing by Roddy Doyle Review by Rodney Welch

  • Bad Dirt by Annie Proulx Review by Peter Terzian

  • The Stone That the Builder Refused by Madison Smartt Bell Review by Michael Anft

  • Bacacay by Witold Gombrowicz
  • Polish Memories by Witold Gombrowicz
  • A Guide to Philosophy in Six Hours and Fifteen Minutes by Witold Gombrowicz
    Review by Louis Begley

  • Magic Seeds by V.S. Naipaul Review by Michael Dirda

    San Francisco Chronicle
  • Darwin's Wink by Alison Anderson Review by Claire Dederer

  • Death In Danzig by Stefan Chwin Review by Robert Walch

  • The Seas by Samantha Hunt Review by Stephen Lyons

  • Telling Tales: Edited by Nadine Gordimer Review by Sandip Roy

    Boston Globe
  • The Zigzag Way by Anita Desai Review by Margot Livesey

  • The Last Crossing by Guy Vanderhaeghe
  • Voyageurs by Margaret Elphinstone
    Review by Bruce Allen

    Sunday December 12, 2004
    New York Times Book Review
    Chronicle: Short Stories:
  • Somewhere Geese Are Flying by Gary Gildner
  • The Send-Away Girl by Barbara Sutton
  • Sorry I Worried You by Gary Fincke
  • Little Criminals by Kurt Rheinheimer
  • Why Dogs Chase Cars by George Singleton
    Review by Andrew Ervin

    Washington Post Book World
  • The Children's War by Monique Charlesworth Review by Robert MacNeil

  • The Vagabonds by Nicholas Delbanco Review by Lee Martin

  • The Facts Behind the Helsinki Roccamatios by Yann Martel Review by Steven Moore

  • Hawkes Harbor by S.E. Hinton Review by Elizabeth Hand

    Tuesday December 7, 2004
    New York Times
  • Runaway by Alice Munro Review by Michiko Kakutani

    Christian Science Monitor
  • East Side Story by Louis Auchincloss Review by Ron Charles

    Sunday December 5, 2004
    New York Times Book Review
  • The Godfather Returns by Mark Winegardner Review by Sarah Vowell

  • The Complete Stories of Truman Capote Review by Daniel Mendelsohn

  • The Burial at Thebes by Seamus Heaney Review by Garry Wills

  • Bad Dirt: Wyoming Stories 2 by Annie Proulx Review by Terrence Raferty

  • How We Are Hungry by Dave Eggers Review by A.O. Scott

  • The Facts Behind the Helsinki Roccamatios by Yann Martel Review by Sophie Harrison

  • The Annotated Brothers Grimm Review by Neil Gaiman

  • Case Histories by Kate Atkinson Review by Jacqqueline Carey

  • Inheritance by Lan Samantha Chang Review by Richard Eder

  • Casanova in Bolzano by Sandor Marai Review by Richard Lourie

  • Gilgamesh by Stephen Mitchell Review by Joy Connolly

  • Banishing Verona by Margot Livesey Review by Katherine Dieckmann

    Washington Post Book World
  • How We Are Hungry by Dave Eggers Review by Jeff Turrentine

  • The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes Review by Daniel Stashower

    San Francisco Chronicle
  • Moe's Villa and Other Stories by james Purdy Review by Elizabeth Egan

  • Citizen Girl by Nicola Kraus and Emma McLaughlin Review by Sarah Coleman

  • Bad Dirt by Annie Proulx Review by Laurel Maury

    Chicago Tribune
  • The Vagabonds by Nicholas Delbanco Review by Beth Kephart

  • The Godfather Returns by Mark Winegardner Review by David L. Ulin

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