Fiction Review Source: A Literary Link to Current Fiction
March 2003

Sunday March 30, 2003
New York Times Book Review
  • The Mushroom Man by Sophie Powell Review by Karen Karbo

  • The Cutting Room by Louise Welsh Review by Sophie Harrison

  • The Song of Kings by Barry unsworth Review by Neil Gordon

  • The Few Things I Know About Glakkos Thrassakis by Vassilis Vassilikos Review by Mary Park

  • The Complete Poems of Kenneth Rexroth Review by David L. Ulin

  • The Buzzing by Jim Knipfel Review by Emily White

    Washington Post Book World
  • The Coffee Trader by David Liss Review by James Surowiecki

  • What I Loved by Siri Husatvedt Review by David Huddle

  • Office of Innocence by Thomas Kenneally Review by Brigitte Weeks

  • The Dialogues of Time and Entropy by Aryeh Lev Stollman Review by Laura Ciolkowski

    San Francisco Chronicle
  • Cosmopolis by Don DeLillo Review by David Kipen

  • Dream of a Blue Room by Michelle Richmond Review by Patricia Miller

  • The Pearl of Kuwait by Tom paine Review by Brad Vice

  • Air Burial by Jean Shields Review by Joanna Smith Rakoff

  • I Am Madame X by Gioia Diliberto Review by Peter S. Temes

  • Trouble With Girls by Marshall Boswell Review by David Hill

  • Born on a Train by John McManus Review by J. Alex Tarquino

    Philadelphia Inquirer
  • Restoration by John Ed Bradley Review by Nancy Pate

  • Catch as Catch Can by Joseph Heller Review by Sanford Pinsker

    LA Times
  • The Songs of the Kings by Barry Unsworth Review by Michael Harris

  • Catch As Catch Can by Joseph Heller Review by David L. Ulin

    Newsday
  • What I Loved by Siri Hustvedt Review by Claire Dederer

  • In Full Bloom by Caroline Hwang Review by Polly Shullman

    Monday March 24, 2003
    New York Times
  • Cosmopolis by Don DeLillo Review by Michiko Kakutani

    Sunday March 23, 2003
    New York Times Book Review
  • A Ship Made of Paper by Scott Spencer Review by Laura Miller

  • The Point of Return by Siddhartha Deb Review by Suzanne Ruta

  • Set This House in Order by Matt Ruff Review by Kerry Fried

  • The Pleasure of Eliza Lynch by Anne Enright Review by Miranda Seymour

  • Alva & Irva by Edward Carey Review by Carey Harrison

  • Returning as Shadows by Paco Ignacio Taibo II Review by Michael Pye

    Books in Brief:
  • Brownsville by Oscar Casares Review by Tim Appelo

  • McSweeney's Mammoth Treasury of Thrilling Tales; Edited by Michael Chabon Review by Matthew Flamm

  • The Afterword by Mike Bryan Review by Benjamin Swett

  • Grace by Elizabeth Nunez Review by William Ferguson

  • The White Family by Maggie Gee Review by Simon Leake

  • As Meat Loves Salt by Maria McCann Review by Alix Wilber

    Washington Post Book World
  • Crabwalk by Gunter Grass Review by Joseph McElroy

  • The Song of the Kings by Barry Unsworth Review by Allison Xantha Miller

  • A Ship Made of Paper by Scott Spencer Review by Donna Rifkind

    San Francisco Chronicle
  • Office of Innocence by Thomas Keneally Review by Floyd Skloot

  • The Cutting Room by Louise Welsh Review by Ken Foster

  • The Songs of the Kings by Barry Unsworth Review by Christine Thomas

  • The Stone Virgins by Yvonne Vera Review by Eric Grunwald

  • Officer Friendly and Other Stories by Lewis Robinson Review by Kevin Smokler

  • Tilt by Elizabeth Burns Review by Susan Parker

  • Alva & Irva by Edward Carey Review by Kate Washington

  • Ballpark Blues by C.W. Tooke Review by Kenneth Brewar

  • Heaven's Edge by Romesh Gunesekera Review by John Freeman

    Chicago Tribune
  • I Am Madame X by Gioia Diliberto Review by Jason Berry

  • Cosmopolis by Don DeLillo Review by Alan Cheuse

    Philadelphia Inquirer
  • All OVer Creation by Ruth Ozeki Review by Beth Kephart

  • Wintering by Kate Moses Review by Carlin Romano

  • Early Occult Memory Systems of the Lower Midwest by B.H. Fairchild Review by John Freeman

    LA Times
  • Bloodvine by Aris Janigan Review by Aram Saroyan

  • The Dante Club by Matthew Pearl Review by Joseph Luzzi

  • All Over Creation by Ruth Ozeki Review by Michael Harris

    First Fiction:
  • I am Madame X by Gioia Diliberto
  • The Hazards of Good Breeding by Jessica Shattuck
    Review by Mark Rozzo

    Discoveries:
  • Drinking Coffee Elsewhere by ZZ Packer Review by Susan Salter Reynolds

    Newsday
  • Heaven's Edge by Romesh Gunesekera Review by Tom Beer

  • Trouble With Girls by Marshall Bowswell Review by Heller McAlpin

    Wednesday March 19, 2003
    LA Times
  • Repetition by Alain Bobbe-Grillet Review by Kai Maristed

    Monday March 17, 2003
    New York Times
  • The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown Review by Janet Maslin

    LA Times
  • A Box of Matches by Nicholson Baker Review by Merle Rubin

    Sunday March 16, 2003
    New York Times Book Review
  • Shroud by John Banville Review by Bruce Bawer

  • Drinking Coffee Elsewhere by ZZ Packer Review by Jean THompson

  • My Big Apartment by Christian Oster Review by Tobin Harshaw

  • All Over Creation by Ruth Ozeki Review by Claire Dederer

  • Crumbtown by Joe Connelly Review by Megan O'Grady

    Washington Post Book World
  • The Pieces From Berlin by Michael Pye Review by John Loughery

  • Soul Circus by George P. Pelecanos Review by Maureen Corrigan

  • Getting It Right by William F. Buckley Review by John Strausbaugh

  • The First Law by John Lescroart Review by David Montgomery

    San Francisco Chronicle
  • All Over Creation by Ruth Ozeki Review by Josh Emmons

  • Bloodvine by Aris Janigan Review by Jim Nawrocki

  • Catch As Catch Can: The Collected Stories and Other Writings by Joseph Heller Review by Jules Siegel

  • Crumbtown by Joe Connelly Review by Andrew Roe

  • The Pleasure of Eliza Lynch by Anne Enright Review by Andrew Ervin

  • Jubilee King by Jesse Shepard Review by Kevin Smokler

    Chicago Tribune
  • The King in the Tree by Steven Millhauser Review by Dan Cryer

  • Any Human Heart by Williasm Boyd Review by Dan Cryer

    Philadephia Inquirer
  • Revenge of the Middle-Aged Woman by Elizabeth Buchan Review by Shawna Seed

  • A Ship Made of Paper by Scott Spencer Review

    LA Times
  • The King in the Tree by Steven Millhauser Review by Jeff Turrentine

  • Gordon by Edith Templeton Review by Laurie Stone

    Newsday
  • Somersault by Kenzaburo Oe Review by john Freeman

    Tuesday March 11, 2003
    Philadelphia Inquirer
  • The Clarinet Polka by Keith Maillard Review by Ron Bernas

    Monday March 10, 2003
    New York Times
  • A Memory of War by Frederick Busch Review by Richard Eder

    Sunday March 9, 2003
    New York Times Book Review
  • The Deed by Keith Blanchard Review by Ben McGrath

  • The King in the Tree by Steven Millhauser Review by Laura Miller

  • The Hills at Home by Nancy Clark Review by Roxanna Robinson

  • What I Loved by Siri Hustvedt Review by Janet Burroway

  • Gordon by Edith Templeton Review by James Campbell

  • Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom by Cory Doctorow Review by Taylor Antrim

  • Diary of a Djinn by Gini Alhadeff Review by Sylvia Brownrigg

    Books in Brief:
  • Wintering by Kate Mosees Review by Kate Bolick

  • One Two Heroes by Calvin Baker Review by Mary Park

  • Mr. Lincoln's Wars by Adam Braver Review by William Ferguson

  • The King of Torts by John Grisham Review by Tim Appelo

  • Seraglio by Janet Wallach Review by Charles Wilson

  • My Last Movie Star by Martha Sherrill Review by Ihsan Taylor

    Washington Post Book World
  • Officer Friendly and Other Stories by Lewis Robinson Review by Kevin Allman

  • Shroud by John Banville Review by Jonathan Dee

  • Clara by Janice Galloway Review by A. Manette Ansay

    San Francisco Chronicle
  • Drinking Coffee Elsewhere by Z.Z. Packer Review by David Wiegand

  • Shelter From the Storm by Michael Mewshaw Review by Alan Cheuse

  • Somersault by Kenzaburo Oe Review by Francie Lin

  • Gordon by Edith Templeton Review by Martin Rubin

  • What I loved by Siri Hustvedt Review by Andrew Roe

  • A Few Short Notes on Tropical Butterflies by John Murray Review by Heller McAlpin

  • Restoration by John Ed Bradley Review by Gabe Weisert

  • Lucky Wander Boy by D.B. Weiss Review by J. Alex Tarquinio

  • The King in the Tree by Steven Millhauser Review by Jesse Berrett

  • A Ship Made of Paper by Scott Spencer Review by Monica Wood

  • I'm Not Scared by Niccolo Ammaniti Review by Dodie Bellamy

    Chicago Tribune
  • Drinking Coffee Elsewhere by ZZ Packer Review by Lucia Perillo

    Philadelphia Inquirer
  • Abandon by Pico Iyer Review by Heather Hewett

  • The Nerve by Glyn Maxwell Review by

  • Repetition by Alain Robbe-Grillet Review by Tess Lewis

    Newsday
  • Shroud by John Banville Review by Matthew Price

    Thursday March 6, 2003
    New York Times
  • A Ship Made of Paper by Scott Spencer Review by janet Maslin

    Sunday, March 2, 2003
    New York Times Book Review
  • The Dante Club by Matthew Pearl Review by James R. Kincaid

  • Officer Friendly and Other Stories by Michael Knight
  • Goodnight, Nobody by Michael Knight
    Review by Jonathan Miles

  • The Pieces From Berlin by Michael Pye Review by John Sutherland

  • The Inquisitor's Manual by Antonio Lobo Antunes Review by William Deresiewicz

  • A Burning in Homeland by Richard Yancey Review by Valerie Sayers

    Washington Post Book World
  • Any Human Heart by William Boyd Review by Peter Cameron

  • More Like Wrestling by Danyel Smith Review by Michelle D. Tramble

  • Drop City by T. Coraghessan Boyle Review by Michael Anft

  • Somersault by Kenzaburo Oe Review by Stephen Mitchelmore

  • Country of Cold by Kevin Patterson
  • The Amount to Carry by Carter Scholz
    Review by Richard Grant

  • The Hills at Home by Nancy Clark Review by Denise Kersten

  • The Usual Rules by Joyce Maynard Review by Susan Dooley

    San Francisco Chronicle
  • The Pieces from Berlin by Michael Pye Review by Miriam Wolf

  • Little Infamies by Panos Karnezis Review by Eric Grunwald

  • Goodnight, Nobody by Michael Knight Review by Barbara Quick

    Chicago Tribune
  • Brownsville by Oscar Casares Review by Sandra Scofield

  • The Confessor by Daniel Silva Review by Dick Adler

  • Once Two Heroes by Calvin Baker Review by Jeffrey Renard Allen

  • Somersault by Kenzaburo Oe Review by Alan Cheuse

  • The Commissariat of Enlightenment by Ken Kalfus Review by Dan Cryer

    Philadelphia Inquirer
  • Drop City by T.C. Boyle Review by Mike Leary

  • The Perfect Lover by Stephanie Laurens Review by Lexlie Patterson

  • Green Grass Grace by Shawn McBride Review by Frank Wilson

  • Detective Inspector Huss by Helene Tursten Review by Marietta Dunn

    LA Times
    The Master Butchers Singing Club by Louise Erdrich Review by Thomas Curwen

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