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

Sunday July 28, 2002
New York Times Book Review
  • The Emperor's Babe by Bernardine Evaristo
  • Darlington's Fall by Brad Leithauser Review by Eric McHenry

  • When Eve Was Naked by Josef Skvorecky Review by Laura Secor

  • A Thing (or Two) About Curtis and Camilla by Nick Fowler Review by Valerie Sayers

  • City by Alessandro Baricco Review by Richard Eder

  • Peter Loon by Van Reid Review by David Willis McCullough

    Books in Brief:
  • American Sonnets by Gerald Stern Review by J.T. Barbarese

  • Ash Wednesday by Ethan Hawke Review by Barbara Sutton

  • Social Crimes by Jane Stanton Hitchcock Review by Sarah Haight

  • Man Walks Into A Room by Nicole Krauss Review by Meredith Blum

  • Spilling Clarence by Ann Ursu Review by Jeff Waggoner

  • Sheepshagger by Miall Griffiths Review by Andrew Santella

    Washington Post Book World
  • The Last Summer by John Hough Review by Roxanna Robinson

  • Ariel's Crossing by Bradford Morrow Review by John Biguenet

  • The Revenant by Michael Punke Review by Daniel McMahon

  • True Hope by Frank Manley Review by Daniel Woodrell

    San Francisco Chronicle
  • You Are Not a Stranger Here by Adam Haslett Review by David Kipen

  • Ash Wednesday by Ethan Hawke Review by David Wiegand

  • Constance by Catherine Cantrell Review by Ken Foster

  • The Portable Promised Land by Toure Review by Adam Dunn

  • Frontera Dreams by Paco Ignacio Taibo Review by Steve Hermanos

  • This War Called Love by Alejandro Murguis Review by Max Winter

  • Critical Injuries by Joan Barfoot Review by Kevin Smokler

  • A Brief History of the Flood by Jean Harfenist Review by Kate Washington

  • The Artificial Silk Girl by Irmgard Keun Review by J. Alex Tarquinio

    Chicago Tribune
  • The Hermit's Story by Rick Bass Review by John Freeman

  • Noble Norfleet by Reynolds Price Review by David Kirby

    Philadelphia Inquirer
  • Simon Silber: Works for Solo Piano by Christopher Miller Review by Robin Black

  • Conscious and Verbal by Les Murray Review by Scott Edward Anderson

    LA Times
  • Iceland by Jim Krusoe Review by Jeff Turrentine

  • Prague by Arthur Phillips Review by Heller McAlpin

  • Mr. Potter by Jamaica Kincaid Review by Michael Harris

  • The Russian Debutante's Handbook by Gary Shteyngart Review by Dan Schifrin

  • Little Casino by Gilbert Sorrentino Review by Carmela Ciuraru

    Sunday July 21, 2002
    New York Times Book Review
  • Prague by Arthur Phillips
  • The Winter Zoo by John Beckman
    Review by Adam Goodheart

  • Half in Love by Maile Meloy Review by Jean Thompson

  • You Are Not a Stranger Here by Adam Haslett Review by Craig Seligman

  • The Ascent of Eli Israel: And Other Stories by Jon Papernick Review by Noah Richler

  • Pasadena by David Ebershoff Review by Martha Bayles

    Washington Post Book World
  • Fragrant Harbor by John Lanchester Review by Jonathan Yardley

  • When Eve Was Naked by Josef Skvorecky Review by Zofia Smardz

  • Nectar by Lily Prior Review by Nancy McKeon

  • Inez by Carlos Fuentes Review by Joseph McClellan

  • Lovely Green Eyes by Arnost Lustig Review by Kit Reed

  • Human Landscapes From My Country by Nazim Hikmet
  • Poems of Nazim Hikmet
    Review by Chris King

  • The Silence of the Rain by Liuz Alfredo Garcia-Roza
  • The Club of Angels by Luis Fernando Verissimo
    Review by Alan Ryan

  • Aminadab by Maurice Blanchot Review by Thomas McGonigle

  • Angel Rock by Darren Williams Review by Deborah Kalb

    San Francisco Chronicle
  • Pasadena by David Ebershoff Review by David Kipen

  • The Leto Bundle by Marina Warner Review by Anthony Giardina

  • The White by Deborah Larsen Review by Alan Cheuse

  • That's True of Everybody by Mark Winegardner Review by Kevin Smokler

  • The Snowfly by Joseph Heywood Review by John Jay Osborn

  • Wayfaring at Waverly in Silver Lake by James McCourt Review by Charles Solomon

  • Twelve by Nick McDonell Review by Mark Luce

    Philadelphia Inquirer
  • The Hangman's Knot by David Wiltse Review by Richard Fuller

  • The Moment She Was Gone by Evan Hunter Review by Martha Woodall

  • The Weather in Berlin by Ward Just Review by Richard Burgin

    LA Times
    First Fiction:
  • Passing Strange by Sally MacLeod
  • The Solace of Leaving Early by Haven Kimmel
  • Himalayan Dhaba by Craig Joseph Danner
    Review by Mark Rozzo

  • Under Radar by Michael Harris Review by Michael Tolkin

  • Spring Flowers, Spring Frost by Ismail Kadare Review by Jonathan Levi

    Sunday July 14, 2002
    New York Times Book Review
  • The Monk Downstairs by Tim Farrington Review by Karen Karbo

  • The Whore's Child by Richard Russo Review by Rand Richards Cooper

  • Twelve by Nick McDonell Review by Jennifer Egan

  • The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold Review by Katherine Bouton

  • Bad Boy Brawly Brown by Walter Mosley Review by Marilyn Stasio

    Books in Brief:
  • Meet John Trow by Thomas Dyja Review by Adam Mazmanian

  • Coal Miner's Holiday: Stories by Kiki DeLancey Review by William Ferguson

  • Angel Rock by Darren Williams Review by Taylor Antrim

  • Narcissus Acending by Karen McKinnon Review by Sarah Haight

  • The White Tattoo by William J. Cobb Review by Patricia Kean

  • Revenge by Stephen Fry Review by Brooke Allen

    Washington Post Book World
  • Henderson's Spear by Roandl White Review by Kate Washington

  • Mary, Called Magdalene by Margatret George Review by Ann Wroe

  • Prague by Arthur Phillips Review by Julian Rubinstein

  • The Education of Mrs. Bemis by John Sedgwick Review by Maud Casey

  • God's Fool by Mark Slouka Review by Linda Barrett Osborne

    San Francisco Chronicle
  • The Emperor of Ocean Park by Stephen L. Carter Review by David Kipen

  • Housewrights by Art Corriveau Review by Laura Fraser

  • The Real McCoy by Darin Strauss Review by Max Winter

  • Selected Poems 1950-2000 by Nathaniel Tarn Review by Andrew Ervin

    Chicgo Tribune
  • True to Form by Elizabeth Berg Review by Lynna Williams

  • Money to Burn by James Zagel Review by Dick Adler

  • The Fourth Treasure by Todd Shimoda Review by Janice P. Nimura

  • Anything Goes by Madison Smartt Bell Review by Porter Shreve

  • The Dream of Scipio by Iain Pears Review by Dan Cryer

    Philadelphia Inquirer
  • Gold Rush by Miri Yu Review by Lionel Shriver

  • I'm Telling by Karen Quinnes Miller Review by Susan Balee

  • Frontera Street by Tanya Maria Barrientos Review by Meredith Broussard

    LA Times
  • The Collected Poems of Tennessee Williams Review by Adam Kirsch

  • House Under Snow by Jill Bialosky Review by Francie Lin

  • The Trolley by Claude Simon Review by Thomas McGonigle

    Tuesday July 9, 2002
    New York Times
  • Mary, Called Magdalene by Margaret George Review by Maureen Dowd

    Monday July 8, 2002
    New York Times
  • The Whore's Child and Other Stories by Richard Russo Review by Janet Maslin

    Sunday July 7, 2002
    New York Times Book Review
  • Life of Pi by Yann Martel Review by Gary Krist

  • Martin Sloane by Michael Redhill Review by Bliss Broyard

  • Spring Flowers, Spring Frost by Ismail Kadare Review by Richard Eder

  • Lands of Memory by Felisberto Hernandez Review by Michael Pye

    Washington Post Book World
  • A Simple Habana Melody by Oscar Hijuelos Review by Jane Ciabattari

  • The Weather in Berlin by Ward Just Review by Jonathan Carroll

  • Casanova in Bohemia by Andre Codrescu Review by Brigitte Weeks

  • Narcissus Ascending by Karne McKinnon Review by Jenny McPhee

  • The Portable Promised Land: Stories by Toure Review by Jake Lamar

    San Francisco Chronicle
  • Prague by Arthur Phillips Review by Andrew Roe

  • Three Junes by Julia Glass Review by David Kipen

  • The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold Review by Monica Wood

  • Waiting Period by Hubert Selby Review by Alan Kaufman

  • The Deadly Space Between by Patricia Duncker Review by Laura Fraser

  • Hard Eight by Janet Evanovich Review by Mary Ann Koory

  • Perma Red by Debra Magpie Review by Peter Lewis

  • Half in Love by Maile Meloy Review by John Freeman

    Chicago Tribune
  • The Whore's Child and Other Stories by Richard Russo Review by Brian Bouldrey

  • The Emperor of OCean Park by Stephen L. Carter Review by Laurie Muchnick

    Philadelphia Inquirer
  • At the Jim Bridger by Ron Carlson Review by Benjamin Austen

  • The Cyclist by Viken Berberian Review by Tirdad Derakhshani

  • A Simple Habana Melody by Oscar Hijuelos Review by John Freeman

    LA Times
  • The Dead Circus by John Kaye
  • Waiting Period by Hubert Selby
  • My Loose Thread by Dennis Cooper
    Review by David Ebershoff

  • The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold Review by Paula L. Woods

  • Bad Boy Brawly Brown by Walter Mosley Review by Thomas Curwen

  • Pasadena by David Ebershoff Review by David Plante

  • Wayfaring at Waverly in Silver Lake by James McCourt Review by GaVin Lambert

    First Fiction:
  • River Thieves by Michael Crummey
  • Half in Love by Maile Meloy
  • The Box Children by Sharon Wyse
    Review by Mark Rozzo

  • Fragrant Harbor by John Lanchester Review by Jonathan Levi

  • The Dream of Scipio by Iain Pears Review by Michael Harris

    Discoveries:
  • The Stories of Breece D'J Pancake
  • I by Stephen Dixon
  • Twelve by Nick McDonell
    Review by Susan Salter Reynolds

    Wednesday July 3, 2002
    New York Times
  • Revenge by Stephen Fry Review by Michiko Kakutani

    Philadelphia Inquirer
  • Mercury by Cary Holladay Review by Sandra Scofield

    Tuesday July 2, 2002
    Philadelphia Inquirer
  • Abou and the Angel Cohen by Claude Campbell Review by Tirdad Derakshani

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