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

Thursday May 29, 2003
New York Times
  • Maneater by Gigi Levangie Grazer Review by Janet Maslin

    Tuesday May 27, 2003
    New York Times
  • Mortals by Norman Rush Review by Michiko Kakutani

    Monday May 26, 2003
    New York Times
  • Rumble, Young Man, Rumble by Benjamin Cavell
  • Ten Little Indians by Sherman Alexie Review by Janet Maslin

    Sunday May 25, 2003
    New York Times Book Review
  • The Marriage of the Sea by Jane Alison Review by Margot Livesey

  • The Gangster We Are All Looking For by Le Thi Diem Thuy Review by Paul Baumann

  • Willow Temple: New & Selected Stories by Donald Hall Review by Matthew Flamm

  • Beyond Silence: Selected Shorter Poems, 1948-2003 by Daniel Hoffman Review by Eric McHenry

    Washington Post Book World
  • The Marriage of the Sea by Jane ALison Review by Robert Girardi

  • The Quality of Life Report by Meghan Daum Review by Heather Havrilesky

  • Gilgamesh by Joan London Review by Elizabeth Ward

  • Shadow Without a Name by Ignacio Padilla Review by Michael Kernan

  • The Romantic by Barbara Gowdy Review by Jane Vandenburgh

    San Francisco Chronnicle
  • The Bug by Ellen Ullman Review by Jules Siegel

  • The Deep and Other Stories by Mary Swan Review by Caroline Leavitt

  • Getting Mother's Body by Suzan-Lori Parks Review by Robert Hurwitt

  • Vicious Spring by Hollis Hampton-Jones Review by Rachel Howard

    Chicago Tribune
  • A Ship Made of Paper by Scott Spencer Review by Amanda Vaill

  • When Luba Leaves Home by Irene Zabytko Review by Julie Parson-Nesbitt

  • Mortals by Norman Rush Review by Alan Cheuse

  • Man About Town by Mark Merlis Review by Adam Davis

    Philadelphia Inquirer
  • The Voyage of the Destiny by Robrt Nye Review by Sheila Farr

    LA Times
  • Best Friends by Thomas Berger Review by Michael Harris
  • Lay Back the Darkness by Edward Hirsch Review by Dana Goodyear

    Monday May 19, 2003
    New York Times
  • Liars and Saints by Maile Meloy Review by Janet Maslin

    Sunday May 18, 2003
    New York Times Book Review
  • Sappho's Leap by Erica Jong Review by Joy Connolly

  • Monkey Hunting by Cristina Garcia Review by Jennifer Schuessler

  • Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood Review by Sven Birkerts

  • On the Nature of Human Romantic Interaction by Karl Iagnemma Review by Jim Holt

  • Ice Cream by Helen Dunmore Review by Sarah Ferguson

    Books in Brief:
  • The Kalahari Typing School For Men by Alexander McCall Smith Review by Alida Becker

  • All He Ever Wanted by Anita Shreve Review by John Hartl

  • Money For Nothing by Donald Westlake Review by Carol Peace Robins

  • Bad News of the Heart by Douglas Glover Review by Matthew Flamm

  • Eleven Karens by Peter Lefcourt Review by Sarah Smith

  • Heart, You Bully, You Punk by Leah Hager Cohen Review by Benjain Swett

    Washington Post Book World
  • Tide Running by Oonya Kempadoo Review by Glenville Lovell

  • Dragon Bones by Lisa See Review by Michael Kernan

  • Bloodvine by Aris Janigan Review by Robin Dougherty

  • The Wandering Hill by Larry McMurtry Review by Robert Wilson

  • Screwball by David Ferrell
  • Ballpark Blues by C.W. Tooke
    Review by Jonathan Mahler

  • Second Glance by Jodi Picoult Review by Susan Dooley

  • A Version of Love by Millicent Dillon Review by Elaine Showalter

    San Francisco Chronicle
  • The Light of Day by Graham Swift Review by David Kipen

  • The Gangster We Are All Looking For by Le Thi Diem Thuy Review by Adair Lara

  • The End of Youth by Rebecca Brown Review by Dodie Bellamy

  • Hungry Ghost by Keith Kachtick Review by Steve Hermanos

  • Heart, You Bully, You Punk by Leah Hager Cohen Review by Gabriella Gershenson

    Chicago Tribune
  • Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood Review by Alan Cheuse

  • The Dirty Girls Social Club by Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez Review by Nara Schoenberg

    Philadelphia Inquirer
  • The One Abiding by Frederick Morgan Review by Frank Wilson

  • We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver Review by Susan Balee

    LA Times
  • King Bongo by Thomas Snachez Review by Michael Harris

    First Fiction:
  • The Quality of Life Report by Meghan Daum
  • On the Nature of Human Romantic Interaction by Karl Iagnemma
    Review by Mark Rozzo

    Newsday
  • Getting Mother's Body by Suzan-Lori Parks Review by Meghan O'Rourke

    Tuesday May 12, 2003
    New York Times
  • Oryx and Crake by Margatet Atwood Review by Michiko Kakutani

    Sunday May 11, 2003
    New York Times Book Review
  • The Quality of Life Report by Meghan Daum Review by Karen Karbo

  • Getting MOther's Body by Suzan Lori Parks Review by Laura Miller

  • The Romantic by Barbara Gowdy Review by Claire Dederer

    Washington Post Book World
  • The Final Confession of Mabel Stark by Robert Hough Review by Jenny Offill

  • Sins of the 7th Sister by Huston Curtiss Review by Kevin Allman

  • The Long Silence of Mario Salviati Review by Anderson Tepper

  • Signal & Noise by John Griesemer Review by John Freeman

    San Francisco Chronicle
  • King Bongo by Thomas Sanchez Review by Elisa Ludwig

  • The Final Confession of Mabel Stark by Robert Hough Review by Dan Cryer

  • The Book of Salt by Monique Truong Review by Ann Cummins

  • Hunger by Elise Blackwell Review by Carmela Ciuraru

  • The Quality of Life Report by Meghan Daum Review by Kim Hedges

  • Portrait of My Mother Who Posed Nude in Wartime by Marjorie Sandor Review by Timothy Peters

  • Fleur de Leigh in Exile by Diane Leslie Review by Martin Rubin

  • Monkey Hunting by Cristina Garcia Review by Monica Wood

  • The Laws of Evening by Mary Yukari Waters Review by Carol Doup Muller

    Chicago Tribune
  • A Few Short Notes on Tropical Butterflies by John Murray Review by Jane Ciabattari

  • Heart, You Bully, You Punk by Leah Hager Cohen Review by Bob Blaisdell

  • Early Occult Memory Systems of the Lower Midwest by B.H. Fairchild Review by Elise Paschen

    Philadelphia Inquirer
  • The Pilots by James Spencer Review by Steve Weinberg

  • On the Nature of Human Romantic Interaction: Stories by Karl Iagnemma Review by Carlin Romano

  • Legacy by Alan Judd Review by Frank Wilson

    LA Times
  • Oryx and Crake by Maregaret Atwood Review by Michael Harris

    Newsday
  • The Bug by Ellen Ullman Review by Kerry Fried

    Wednesday May 7, 2003
    New York Times
  • The Colour by Rose Tremain Review by Richard Eder

    Sunday May 4, 2003
    New York Times Book Review
  • The Light of Day by Graham Swift Review by Anthony Quinn

  • Dread by Ai Review by Vijay Seshadri

  • Loot ond Other Stories by Nadine Gordimer Review by Claire Messud

  • The Final Confession of Mabel Stark by Robert Hough Review by Laura Jamison

  • We Pierce by Andrew Huebner Review by D.T. Max

    Book in Brief:
  • The Hit by Jere Hoar Review by Dante Ramos

  • A Father's Affair by Karel van Loon Review by Amy Benfer

  • Beautiful Girls by Beth Ann Bauman Review by Dan Kaufman

  • The Hills of Holland; Poems by Esther Schor Review by Matthew Flam

  • Since the Layoffs by Iain Levison Review by Max Winter

  • The Clarinet Polka by Keith Maillard Review by Etelka Lehocky

  • The Bobby Gols Stories by Anthony Bourdain Review by King Kaufman

    Washington Post Book World
  • The Clarinet Polka by Keith Maillard Review by Zofia Smardz

  • Getting Mother's Body by Suzan-Lori Parks Review by Susan Straight

  • Sappho's Leap by Ericas Jong Review by katherine A. Powers

  • The Disapparation of James by Anne Ursu Review by Gregory Feeley

    San Francisco Chronicle
  • Good Faith by Jane Smiley Review by David Kipen

  • Shadow Without a Name by Ignacio Padilla Review by Alan Cheuse

  • A Version of Love by Millicent Dillon Review by Kera Bolonik

  • Family History by Dani Shapiro Review by Miriam Wolf

  • Heredity by Jenny Davidson Review by Olivia Boler

  • Alabanza by Martin Espada Review by John Freeman

  • Bestial Noise: The Tin House Fiction Reader Review by Chuck Leddy

    Chicago Tribune
  • Monkey Hunting by Cristina Garcia Review by Beth Kephart

  • The Blue Moon Circus by Michael Raleigh Review by Jillian Dunham

  • The Book of Salt by Monique Truong Review by Bich Minh Nguyen

    Philadelphia Inquirer
  • Good Heart by Deborah Keenan Review by Diane Scharper

  • Loot by Nadine Gordimer Review by Phaedra Trethan

    LA Times
  • Poems the Size of Photographs by Les Murray Review by Andrew Frisardi

  • Middle Earth by Henri Cole Review by Dana Goodyear

  • Loot by Nadine Gordimer Review by Michael Harris

    First Fiction:
  • Hunger by Elise Blackwell
  • The Buzzing by Jim Knipfel
    Review by Mark Rozzo

    Newsday
  • The Light of Day by Graham Swift Review by Sylvia Brownrigg

  • The Romantic by Barbara Gowdy Review by Stephanie Zacharek

    Thursday May 1, 2003
    New York Times
  • We Pierce by Andrew Huebner Review by Janet Maslin

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