NOVEMBER |
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Sunday November 29, 1998
New York Times Book Review
Master Georgie by Beryl Bainbridge
Review by Francine Prose
Maurice, or the Fisher's Cot; a Tale by Mary Shelley
Review by Marina Warner
The Rum Diary by Hunter S. Thompson
Review by David Kelly
East into Upper East: Plain Tales from New York and New Delhi
by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
Review by Deborah Mason
Books in Brief:
Toward the Sun by Kent Nelson
Review by Charles Salzberg
Mary McGreevy by Walter Keady
Review by Peter Bricklebank
Purple Dots by Jim Lehrer
Review by Charles Flowers
Cereus Blooms at Night by Shani Mootoo
Review by Diane Cole
Ruby by Ann Hood
Review by Megan Harlan
Washington Post Book World
Wide Open by Nicola Barker
Review by Rachel Hartigan
Amsterdam by Ian McEwan
Review by Michael Dirda
The Conversion by Aharon Appelfeld
Review by Beryl Lieff Benderly
The Ventriloquist's Tale by Pauline Melville
Review by Elizabeth Hand
Philadelphia Inquirer
The End of a Family Story by Peter Nadas
Review by Susan Miron
Wooroloo by Frieda Hughes
Review by Paula Friedman
San Francisco Chronicle
Gates of Fires by Steven Presfield
Review by Michael Lind
The Road Home by Jim Harrison
Review by David Wiegand
The Lost Land by Eavan Boland
Review by Tom Clark
Thirst by Ken Kalfus
Review by Doug Millison
LA Times
Road-side Dog by Czeslaw Milosz
Review by Richard Eder
My Year in No-man's Bay by Peter Handke
Review by William H. Gass
Love is a Racket by John Ridley
Review by Peter Lefcourt
Discoveries
Jungle Wedding by Joseph Clark
Rara Avis by Jacqueline Bograd
Under the Autumn Star by Knut Hamsun
Friendly Fire by Kathryn Chetkovich
Tree Surgery for Beginners by Patrick Gale
Reviews by Susan Salter Reynolds
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Tuesday November 24, 1998
Los Angeles Times
The Catch by Kim Wozencraft
Review by Susan Lydon
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Monday, November 23, 1998
Washington Post
The Widow Killer by Pavel Kohout
Review by Mort Rosenblum
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Sunday November 22, 1998
New York Times
The Hours by Michael Cunningham
Review by Michael Wood
Armadillo by William Boyd
Review by A.O. Scott
Billy Dead by Lisa Reardon
Review by Laura Jamison
Eudora Welty: Complete Novels
Review by James Olney
The End of a Family Story by Peter Nadas
Review by Ken Kalfus
Central Square by George Packer
Review by Rand Richards Cooper
Books in Brief:
The Same Embrace by Michael Lowenthal
Review by Linda Barrett Osborne
The Stillest Day by Josephine Hart
Review by Carol Peace Robins
Giving up America by Pearl Abraham
Review by Maggie Garb
Once Again for Thucydides by Peter Handke
Review by Liam Callanan
Shadow Wars by Clyde Farnsworth
Review by Charles Salzberg
Washington Post Book World
Salt Water by Charles Simmons
Review by Donna Rifkind
The Hours by Michael Cunningham
Review by Jameson Currier
Divining Rod by Michael Knight
Review by Carolyn Banks
Eucalyptus by Murray bail
Review by Jack Sullivan
A Masterpiece of Revenge by J.J. Fiechter
Review by Kunio Francis Tanabe
LA Times
T.C. Boyle Stories: The Collected Stories of T. Coraghessan
Boyle
Review by Herbert Gold
Discoveries:
Master Georgie by Beryl Bainbridge
The Storm by Frederick Buechner
Parable of the Talents by Octavia E. Butler
The Book of Blam by Aleksandar Tisma
Review by Susan Salter Reynolds
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Thursday November 19, 1998
Washington Post
The Temple and the Stone by Katherine Kurtz and Deborah Turner
Harris
Review by Brian Jacomb
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Wednesday November 18, 1998
New York Times
The Widow Killer by Pavel Kohout
Review by Richard Bernstein
Washington Post
Big Government by Ev Ehrlich
Review by Jonathan Yardley
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Tuesday November 17, 1998
New York Times
Tale of the 1002nd Night by Joseph Roth
Review by Michiko Kakutani
Washington Post
Where the Rainbow Ends by Jameson Currier
Review by Louis Bayard
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Sunday November 15, 1998
New York Times
The Tale of the 1002nd Night by Joseph Roth
Review by Iain Bamforth
The Last King of Scotland by Giles Foden
Review by Michael Upchurch
The River Warren by Kent Meyers
Review by James Polk
Blue Light by Walter Mosley
Review by Mel Watkins
Europa by Tim Parks
Review by David Gates
Books in Brief:
A Life for a Life by Ernest Hill
Review by Fran Handman
No Safe Place by Richard North Patterson
Review by Bill Kent
Flora's Suitcase by Dalia Rabinovich
Review by Betsy Groban
Savage Life by James Rogers
Review by Eils Lotozo
Josanie's War by Karl H. Schlesier
Review by Peter Bricklebank
Turning Japanese by David Galef
Review by Paula Friedman
Washington Post Book World
The Road Home by Jim Harrison
Review by Wendy Smith
Gates of Eden by Ethan Coen
Review by Jay A. Fernandez
Master Georgie by Beryl Bainbridge
Review by Charles Wilson
The Love of a Good Woman: Stories by Alice Munro
Review by Greg Varner
Philadelphia Inquirer
The Rum Diary by Hunter Thompson
Review by Terence Samuel
San Francisco Chronicle
A Man in Full by Tom Wolfe
Review by David Kipen
Wooroloo by Frieda Hughes
Review by Cristina Nehring
LA Times
Autumn Sonata by Michael Cunningham
Review by Richard Eder
The Tale of the 1002nd Night by Joseph Roth
Review by Melvin Jules Bukiet
Waltzing the Cat by Pam Houston
Review by Susan Salter Reynolds
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Thursday November 12, 1998
New York Times
Master Georgie by Beryl Bainbridge
Review by Christopher Lehmann-Haupt
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Tuesday November 10, 1998
New York Times
Soft! by Rupert Thomson
Review by Michiko Kakutani
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Monday November 9, 1998
New York Times
The Gates of Fire by Steven Pressfield
Review by Richard Bernstein
Washington Post
Bing Crosby's Last Song by Lester Goran
Review by Ambrose Clancy
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Sunday November 8, 1998
New York Times Book Review
T.C. Boyle Stories: The Collected Storeis of T. Coraghessan Boyle
Review by Jim Shepard
The Road Home by Jim Harrison
Review by Thomas McNamee
A Man in Full by Tom Wolfe
Review by Michael Lewis
Ka by Roberto Calasso
Review by Sunil Khilnani
Triage by Scott Anderson
Review by Christopher Dickey
Books in Brief:
All of Us: The Collected Poems by Raymond Carver
Review by David Yezzi
The Road to the Island by Tom Hazuka
Review by Charles Flowers
A Masterpiece of Revenge by J.J. Fiechter
Review by Liam Callanan
Like Being Killed by Ellen Miller
Review by Stephanie Zacharek
The Higher Jazz by Edmund Wilson
Review by David Walton
The Book of Job: Translation, Introduction and Notes by Raymond P.
Scheindlin
Review by Andy Brumer
Washington Post Book World
Casanova in Love by Andrew Miller
Review by Christina Del Sesto
Red, White and Blue by Susan Isaacs
Review by Mike Musgrove
Ghost Town by Robert Coover
Review by Marie Arana-Ward
I Sweep the Sun Off Rooftops by Hanan al-Shaykh
Review by Catherine Cobham
Philadelphia Inquirer
The Love of a Good Woman: Stories by Alice Munro
Review by Lionel Shriver
Cartesian Sonata and Other Novellas by William H. Gass
Review by Athur J. Sabatini
The Same Embrace by Michael Lowenthal
Review by Kely McQuain
Tivolem by Victor Rangel-Ribeiro
Review by Vrinda Condillac
San Francisco Chronicle
Ambrose Bierce and the Queen of Spades by Oakley Hall
Review by David Bowman
Master Georgie by Beryl Bainbridge
Review by Michael Upchurch
Blue Light by Walter Mosley
Review by Paul Di Filippo
Kiss Me, Judas by Will Christopher
Review by Michael Krasny
LA Times
A Man in Full by Tom Wolfe
Review by Richard Eder
Flights of Angels: Stories by Ellen Gilchrist
Review by Merle Rubin
The Rum Diary by Hunter S. Thompson
The Restrain of Beasts by Magnus Mills
Review by Susan Salter Reynolds
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Friday November 6, 1998
Washington Post
Purple Dots by Jim Lehrer
Review by Carolyn See
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Tuesday November 4, 1998
New York Times
Armadillo by William Boyd
Review by Richard Bernstein
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Sunday November 1, 1998
New York Times Book Review
The Love of a Good Woman by Alice Munro
Review by Michael Gorra
The Ladie from St. Petersburg: Three Novellas by Nina Berberova
Review by Ken Kalfus
Cartesian Sonata: and Other Novellas by William H. Gass
Review by James Wood
Welcome to the World, Baby Girl by Fannie Flagg
Review by Robert Plunket
Like Never Before by Ehud Havazelet
Review by Craig Seligman
The Pagoda by Patricia Powell
Review by Michael Pye
Revere Beach Boulevard by Roland Merullo
Review by Abby Frucht
The Revisionist by Helen Schulman
Review by Brian Morton
Gates of Fire by Steven Pressfield
Review by Mary Lefkowitz
Books in Brief:
A Song of Stone by Iain Banks
Review by Margot Mifflin
Earthly Joys by Philippa Gregory
Review by Betsy Groban
Fiber by Rick Bass
Review by Sally Eckoff
Behind the Red Mist by Ho Anh Thai
Review by Philip Gambone
The Restraint of Beasts by Magnus Mills
Review by Anthony Bourdain
Washington Post
A Man in Full by Tom Wolfe
Review by Jonathan Yardley
Bag of Bones by Stephen King
Review by Adam Manzmanian
Philadelphia Inquirer
The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
Review by Georgia Jones-Davis
Evening by Susan Minot
Review by Karen Heller
The Folding Cliffs: A Narrative of 19th-Century Hawaii by W. S.
Merwin
Review by David R. Slavitt
San Francisco Chronicle
The Rum Diary by Hunter Thompson
Review by Zev Borow
Rules of the Wild by Francesca Marciano
Review by David Wiegand
The Love of a Good Woman by Alice Munro
Review by Georgia Jones-Davis
Model Behavior by Jay McInerney
Review by Steve Kettman
LA Times
The Sandglass by Romesh Gunesekera
Review by Richard Eder
The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
Review by Phyllis Richardson
First Fiction:
The History of Our World Beyond the Wave by R.E. Klein
The Bridegroom Was a Dog by Yoko Tawada
Stories From the Tube by Matthew Sharpe
Billy Dead by Lisa Reardon
Zachary's Wings by Rosemarie Robotham
Review by Mark Rozzo
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