September 2002 |
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Monday September 30, 2002
New York Times
The Contrarians by Gary Sernovitz
Review by Richard Eder
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Sunday September 29, 2002
New York Times Book Review
The Piano Tuner by Daniel Mason
Review by Andrea Barrett
From a Buick 8 by Stephen King
Review by Laura Miller
The Story of Lucy Gault by William Trevor
Review by Thomas Mallon
Things You SHould Know by A.M. Holmes
Review by Richard Eder
Porno by Irvine Welsh
Review by Tom Shone
West of Babylon by Eduardo Garrigues
Review by Dick Davis
Simple Recipes by Madeleine Thien
Review by Janice P. Nimura
Caramelo by Sandra Cisneros
Review by Valerie Sayers
In the Hand of Dante by Nick Tosches
Review by Will Blythe
Books in Brief:
Miniatures by Norah Labiner
Review by Charles Wilson
Rhoda Manning, Go Hunting With My Daddy by Ellen Gilchrist
Review by Micahel Porter
Country of the Blind by Christopher Brookmyre
Review by Mary Elizabeth Williams
In Open Spaces by Russell Rowland
Review by Amy Benfer
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Apt. 3W by Gabriel Brownstein
Review by Sarah Shatz
The Best of Animals by Lauren Grodstein
Review by Adam Baer
Washington Post Book World
Tourmaline by Joanna Scott
Review by Michael Mewshaw
The Last Girls by Lee Smith
Review by Renee Tursi
No Way To Treat a First Lady by Christopher Buckley
Review by Tom Perrotta
San Francisco Chronicle
Blue Shoe by Anne Lamott
review by David Kipen
The Judges by Elie Wiesel
Review by Jason Roberts
The Crimson Petal and the White by Michel Faber
Review by Heller McAlpin
Skirt and the Fiddle by Tristan Egolf
Review by Andrew Roe
Casa Rosa by Francesco Marciano
Review by J. Alex Tarquinio
Lullaby by Chuck Palahniuk
Review by Charles Solomon
In the Image by Dara Horn
Review by Kate Washington
And My Shoes Keep Walking Back to You by Kathi Kamen Goldmark
Review by Miriam Wolf
Clara Callan by Richard B. Wright
Review by David Finkle
After Nature by W.G. Sebald
Review by Kenneth Baker
The Drift by John Ridley
Review by Nia-Malika Henderson
Dear First Love by Zoe Valdes
Review by Amy Alamar
Philadelphia Inquirer
The Story of Lucy Gault by William Trevor
Review by Martha Woodall
Quattrocento by James McKean
Review by Maggie Galehouse
Chicago Tribune
In the River Sweet by Patricia Henley
Review by Carol Anshaw
The Mulberry Empire by Philip Hensher
Review by Matthew Price
Family Matters by Rohinton Mistry
Review by Boman Desai
The Autography Man by Zadie Smith
Review by Alan Cheuse
In the Hand of Dante by Nick Tosches
Review by Maureen McLane
July, July by Tom O'Brien
Review by Jean Thompson
LA Times
Family Matters by Rohinton Mistry
Review by Peter Green
First Fiction:
Innocents by Cathy Coote
Wilderness Run by Maria Hummel
Q Road by Bonnie Jo Campbell
Review by Mark Rozzo
The Autograph Man by Zadie Smith
Review by Wendy Smith
Caramelo by Sandra Cisneros
Review by Jane Ciabattari
Summerland by Michael Chabon
Review by Adam Bresnick
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Tuesday September 24, 2002
New York Times
Family Matters by Rohinton Mistry
Review by Michiko Kakutani
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Sunday September 22, 2002
New York Times Book Review
The Good Remains by Nani Power
Review by Claire Dederer
After Nature by W.G. Sebald
Review by Eva Hoffman
Sloan-Kettering: Poems by Abba Kovner
Review by Edward Hirsch
When the Emperor Was Divine by Julie Otsuka
Review by Michael Upchurch
Blessing by Anna Quindlen
Review by Hilma Wolitzer
Casa Rossa by Francesca Marciano
Review by Sarah Ferguson
Washington Post Book World
Blessings by Anna Quindlen
Review by Susan Dooley
The Dark Bride by Laura Restrepo
Review by Wendy Gimbel
Annie Dunne by Sebastian Barry
What Harry Saw by Thomas Moran
From a Buick 8 by Stephen King
The Last Good Chance by Tom Barbash
Review by Max Winter
Graphic Novels:
Remembrance of Things Past, Volume 1, Part II: Within a Budding Grove by Stephane Heuet
The SUmmer of Love by Debbie Drechsler
The Cartoon History of the Universe III by Larry Gonick
The Short Life & Happy Ties of the Shmoo
Review by Hank Stuever
LA Times
Blessings by Anna Quindlen
Review by Michael Harris
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Thursday September 19, 2002
New York Times
The Crimson Petal and the White by Michael Faber
Review by Janet Maslin
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Tuesday September 17, 2002
New York Times
The Piano Tuner by Daniel Mason
Review by Michiko Kakutani
LA Times
The Piano Tuner by Damiel Mason
Review by Bernadette Murphy
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Monday September 16, 2002
New York Times
Summerland by Michael Chabon
Review by Janet Maslin
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Sunday September 15, 2002
New York Times Book Review
One Man's Bible by Gao Zingjian
Review by Barbara Crosette
Nowhere Man by Aleksandar Hemon
Review by Gary Shteyngart
Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
Review by Laura Miller
The Art of Seeing by Cammie McGovern
Review by Elissa Schappell
The Crimson Petal and the White by Michel Faber
Review by James R. Kincaid
In the Middle of All This by Fred G. Leebron
Review by James J. Uebbing
Gorgeous Lies by Martha McPhee
Review by Bruce Bawer
Selected Poems by Mona Van Duyn
Review by Brian Henry
Books in Brief:
Skirt and the Fiddle by Tristan Egolf
Review by John Hartl
Dear Mr. President by Gabe Hudson
Review by CHris Colin
Last Night by Brendan Lemon
Review by Taylor Antrim
Logan's Storm by Ken Wells
Review by David Kirby
Fresh Eggs by Rob Levandoski
Review by Sally Eckoff
Annie Dunne by Sebastian Barry
Review by Emily Gordon
Washington Post Book World
Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
Review by Lisa Zeidner
The Crimson Petal and the White by Michael Faber
Review by John Sutherland
No Certain Rest by Jim Lehrer
Review by Max Winter
Hello to the Cannibals by Richard Bausch
Review by Aoibheann Sweeney
Lullaby by Chuck Palahniuk
Review by Heather Havrilesky
San Francisco Chronicle
Coastliners by Joanne Harris
Review by Regan McMahon
Summerland by Michael Chabon
Review by David Kipen
The Mulberry Empire by Philip Hensher
Review by Alan Cheuse
Have you Seen Me by Laura Denham
Review by Dodie Bellamy
Nowhere Man by Aleksandar Hemon
Review by Kera Bolonik
Waylaid by Ed Lin
Review by Adam Dunn
Grass for My Pillow by Saiichi Maruya
Review by Christine Thomas
Dear Mr. President by Gabe Hudson
Review by Mark Luce
Tales From the Cuban Empire by Antonio Jose Ponte
Review by Jonathan Kiefer
Chicago Tribune
The Names of Rivers by Daniel Buckman
Review by Richard Stern
LA Times
First Fiction:
Constance by Catherine Cantrell
The Rainbow Singer by Simon Kerr
The Sound of Trees by Robert Gatewood
Review by Mark Rozzo
Discoveries:
If He Hollers Let Him Go by Chester Himes
The House on Eccles Road by Judith Kitchen
Review by Susan Salter Reynolds
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Thursday September 12, 2002
New York Times
Lullaby by Chuck Palahniuk
Review by Janet Maslin
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Tuesday September 10, 2002
New York Times
When the Emperor Was Divine by Julie Otsuka
Review by Michiko Kakutani
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Sunday September 8, 2002
New York Times Book Review
Swan Electric by April Bernard
Review by Stephen Burt
Wayfaring at Waverly in Silver Lake: Stories by James McCourt
Review by Leo Carey
The Last Good Chance by Tom Barbash
Review by Jennifer Reese
Luck by Gert Hofmann
Review by Noah Isenberg
Hello to the Cannibals by Richard Bausch
Review by Janet Burroway
The Dark Bride by Laura Restrepo
Review by Suzanne Ruta
Washington Post Book World
The Book of Illusions by Paul Auster
Review by John Crowley
One Man's Bible by Gao Zingjian
Review by Terrence Cheng
The Mulberry Empire by Philip Hensher
Review by Michael Mewshaw
San Francisco Chronicle
The Dark Bride by Laura Restrepo
Review by david Kipen
The Book of Illusions by Paul Auster
Review by Peter S. Temes
By Way of Water by Charlotte Gullick
Review by Susan Parker
In the Hand of Dante by Nick Tosches
Review by David Wiegand
The Metal Shredders by Nancy Zafris
Review by James Piechota
In the Walled Gardens by Anahita Firouz
Review by Christine Thoams
Chicago Tribune
The Art of Seeing by Cammie McGovern
Review by Laura Damanski
Philadelphia Inquirer
Meet John Trow by Thomas Dyja
Review by Review by Marc Schogol
LA Times
The Book of Illusions by Paul Auster
Review by Jonathan Levi
Casa Rossa by Francesca Marciano
Review by Wendy Smith
A Breath of Fresh Air by Amulya Malladi
Review by Chitra Divakaruni
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Thursday September 5, 2002
New York Times
The Book of Illusions by Paul Auster
Review by Janet Maslin
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Tuesday September 3, 2002
New York Times
Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
Review by Michiko Kakutani
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Sunday Sepember 1, 2002
New York Times Book Review
Dear First Love by Zoe Valdes
Review by Jennifer Schuessler
Eva's Cousin by Sibylle Knauss
Review by Alan Riding
The Book of Illusions by Paul Auster
Review by D.T. Max
The Mulberry Empire by Philip Hensher
Review by Jason Goodwin
Mind Catcher by John Darnton
Review by Ken Tucker
Washington Post Book World
The Death Artist by Jonathan Santlofer
Review by John Loughery
Ways of Dying and The Heart of Redness by Zakes Mda
Review by Neil Gordon
Blood of Victory by Alan Furst
Review by Jennifer Howard
You Are Not a Stranger Here by Adam Haslett
Review by Lydia Millet
The Fruit of Stone by Mark Spragg
Review by Jenny Offill
The Man Who Rode Ampersand by Ferdinand Mount
Review by Katherine A. Powers
San Francisco Chronicle
The Soldier's Return by Melvyn Bragg
Review by Carey Harrison
The Tattoo Hunter by Juvenal Acosta
Review by John Freeman
Chicago Tribune
Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
Review by Laurie Stone
House Under Snow by Jill Bialosky
Review by Ellen Emry Heltzel
Economics by Fanny Howe
Review by Maureen McLane
Half in Love by Maile Meloy
Review by Alyson Hagy
My Life in Heavy Metal by Steve Almond
Review by Greg Bottoms
The Book of Illusions by Paul Auster
Review by Donna Seaman
Philadelphia Inquirer
Decipher by Stel Pavlou
Review by Donald Newlove
Big If by Mark Costello
Review by Lionel Shriver
Leaving Saturn by Major Jackson
Review by George Held
Arbor Vitae by Jane Augustine
Review by Daniela Gioseffi
LA Times
Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
Review by Jeff Turrentine
First Fiction:
The Winter Zoo by John Beckman
Absolute Certainty by Rose Connors
Review by Mark Rozzo
Discoveries:
After Nature by W.G. Sebald
Review by Susan Salter Reynolds
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