Fiction Review Source: A Literary Link to Current Fiction
November 2005

Wednesday November 30, 2005
New York Times
  • Born to Slowhorses by Kamau Brathwaite Review by Claudia LaRocco

    Sunday November 27, 2005
    New York Times Book Review
  • The Sea by John Banville Review by Terrence Rafferty

    Poetry Chronicle:
  • Startle Response by Heather Fuller
  • American Sublime by Elizabeth Alexander
  • The Life of a Hunter by Michelle Robinson
  • Wise Fish by Adrian Castro
  • Midwest Eclogue by Dvid Baker
  • Thirty Years War by Patricia Ferrell
  • Quipu by Arthur Sze
  • Lampblack & Ash by Simone Muench
  • Company of Moths by Michael Palmer
  • Here, Bullet by Brian Turner
    Review by Joshua Clover and Joel Brouwer

  • The Jungle Law by Victoria Vinton Review by Mark Kamine

  • The Truth of the Matter by Robb Forman Dew Review by Wendy Smith

    Washington Post Book World
  • I'll Never Be Long Gone by Thomas Christopher Greene Review by Ron Charles

  • The Mad Cook of Pymatuning by Christopher Lehmann-Haupt Review by Douglas E. Winter

  • A Thousand Years of Good Prayers by Yiyun Li Review by Rodney Welch

  • Have Mercy on Us All by Fred Vargas Review by Kevin Allman

  • What Do You Do All Day by Amy Scheibe
  • Sleep With Me by Joanna Briscoe
  • The Mercy of Thin Air by Ronlyn Domingue
    Review by Meg Wolitzer

    San Francisco Chronicle
  • Memories of My Melancholy Whores by Gabriel Garcia Marquez Review by David Hellman

  • Monologue of a Dog: New Poems by Wislawa Szymborska Review by Cynthia Haven

  • Cold Skin by Albert Sanchez Pinol Review by Alan Cheuse

  • The Collected Poems of Kenneth Koch Review by Allan M. Jalon

    Chicago Tribune
  • On Beauty by Zadie Smith Review by Julia Keller

    Boston Globe
  • Mission to America by Walter Kirn Review by John Dicker

    Tuesday November 22, 2005
    New York Times
  • Memories of My Melancholy Whores by Gabriel Garcia Marquez Review by Michiko Kakutani

    Sunday November 20, 2005
    New York Times Book Review
  • Natural History: Poems by Dan Chiasson Review by Kay Ryan

  • Absolute Watchmen by Alan Moore Review by Dave Itzkoff

  • Collected Poems by Jane Kenyon Review by Dana Goodyear

  • The Sing-Song Girls of Shanghai by Han Bangqing Review by Lesley Downer

    Chronicle:
  • If the Sky Falls: Stories by Nocholas Montemarano
  • A Perfect Pledge by Rabindranath Maharaj
  • The 13 1/2 Lives of Captain Bluebear by Walter Moers
  • The Mercy of Thin Air by Ronlyn Domingue
  • The Elagin Affair and Other Stories by Ivan Bunin
    Review by Gregory Cowles

  • Cosmos by Witold Gombrowicz Review by Neil Gordon

    Washington Post Book World
  • Beasts of No Nation by Uzodinma Iweala
  • Johnny Mad Dog by Emmanuel Dongala
    Review by Anderson Tepper

  • The Jungle Law by Victoria Vinton Review by Art Taylor

  • The Truth of the Matter by Robb Forman Dew Review by Rachel Basch

  • The Pagoda in the Garden by Wendy Lesser Review by Ron Charles

  • Here & Elsewhere: the Collected Fiction of Kenneth Burke Review by Michael Dirda

    Chicago Tribune
  • The Sea by Joh Banville Review by Gail Caldwell

    Boston Globe
  • Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman Review by Bruce Allen

    Thursday November 17, 2005
    New York Times
  • Beasts of No Nation by Uzodinna Iweala Review by Janet Maslin

    Sunday November 13, 2005
    New York Times Book Review
  • A Time to Run by Barbara Boxer Review by Ana Marie Cox

  • Mother's Milk by Edward St. Aubyn Review by Charles McGrath

  • John Crow's Devil by Marlon James Review by James Polk

  • The Succesor by Ismail Kadare Review by Lorraine Adams

    Washington Post Book World
  • Christ the Lord: Out of Egypt by Anne Rice Review by Melvin Jules Bukiet

  • The Sea by John Banville Review by John Crowley

  • Veronica by Mary Gaitskill Review by David Jays

  • Times Like These: Stories by Rachel Ingalls Review by Francine Prose

  • Passion by Jude Morgan Review by Nicholas Delbanco

  • Angelina's Children by Alice Ferney
  • Nothing Serious by Justine Lvy
  • The Old Child and Other Stories by Jenny Erpenbeck
    Review by Mylne Dressler

  • Isle of Passion by Laura Restrepo Review by Jennifer Vanderbes

  • Flashman on the March by George McDonald Fraser Review by Michael Dirda

    San Francisco Chronicle
  • A Time To Run by Barbara Boxer Review by Daniel Handler

  • Phone Rings by Stephen Dixon Review by Ron Antonucci

  • Times Like These by Rachel Ingalls Review by Michelle Orange

  • The Town That Forgot to Breathe by Kenneth J. Harvey Review by Jesse Berrett

  • Ordinary Heroes by Scott Turow Review by Stephen Lyons

    Chicago Tribune
  • Christ the Lord by Anne Rice Review by Alan Cheuse

  • Hope and Other Dangerous Pursuits by Laila Lalami Review by Kathryn Masterson

    Boston Globe
  • Veronica by Mary Gaitskill Review by Don Lee

    Sunday November 6, 2005
    New York Times Book Review
  • Memories of My Melancholy Whores by Gabriel Garcia Marquez Review by Terrence Rafferty

  • Fathers and Daughters by Benjamin Markovits Review by Bliss Broyard

  • The Electric Michelangelo by Sarah Hall Review by Susann Cokal

  • Ordinary Heroes by Scott Turow Review by Joseph Kanon

  • Shorts: Stories by Alberto Fuguet Review by Lenora Todaro

    Washington Post Book World
  • Memories of My Melancholy Whores by Gabriel Garcia Marquez Review by Marie Arana

  • A Perfect Pledge by Rabindranath Maharaj Review by Ron Charles

  • The Third Brother by Nick McDonell Review by John Burdett

    San Francisco Chronicle
  • Sleep with Me by Joanna Briscoe Review by Allison Block

  • Hunger's Brides by Paul Anderson Review by Peter S. Temes

  • Hope and Other Dangerous Pursuits by Laila Lalami Review by Michelle Orange

  • The Identity Club: New and Selected Stories and Songs by Richard Burgin Review by Floyd Skloot

  • The Guest by Hwang Sok-Yong Review by Timothy Peters

  • Kinshu Autumn Brocade by Teru Miyamoto Review by William Cherau

    Chicago Tribune
  • Truth and Consequences by Alison Lurie Review by Susan Reimer

    Boston Globe
  • Dancing in the Dark by Caryl Phillips Review by Richard Eder

  • Eldest by Christopher Paolini Review by Sarah Smith

  • The Sea by John Banville Review by Gail Caldwell


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