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- 12 June 2012
'The Red House' by Mark Haddon
An dazzlingly inventive novel about modern family, from the author of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time. (Doubleday)
'Heading Out to Wonderful' by Robert Goolrick
(Algonquin) The author of the smash hit A RELIABLE WIFE returns. This time, the setting is 1948 Virginia, and a mysterious man rolls into town with only two suitcases to his name. But it's when he becomes involved with the wife of the richest man in town that things really get complicated.
'Beautiful Ruins' by Jess Walter
Jess Walter's latest is a little lighter than his last two novels—it deals with Hollywood and unrequited love rather than the aftermath of 9/11 or the implications of our financial crisis. The action begins on the coast of Italy in 1962, where a young man glimpses a beautiful actress and falls in love. Fifty years later, he heads to Hollywood to find her. (Harper)
- 19 June 2012
'Mrs Robinson's Disgrace' by Kate Summerscale
From the author of the bestseller THE SUSPICIONS OF MR WHICHER comes another investigation of a famous case that shook the foundations of middle-class Victorian life. This time, it's a divorce scandal. (Walker)
- 10 July 2012
'Gold' by Chris Cleave
We can't wait for Chris Cleave's take on the friendship between two female athletes who, on the eve of the Olympics, must make a choice between their personal and professional goals. (S&S)
- 24 July 2012
'Broken Harbor' by Tana French
From the publisher: In Broken Harbour, a ghost estate outside Dublin - half-built, half-inhabited, half-abandoned - two children and their father are dead. The mother is on her way to intensive care. Scorcher Kennedy is given the case because he is the Murder squad's star detective. At first he and his rookie partner, Richie, think this is a simple one: Pat Spain was a casualty of the recession, so he killed his children, tried to kill his wife Jenny, and finished off with himself. But there are too many inexplicable details and the evidence is pointing in two directions at once. (Viking)
- 31 July 2012
'Where We Belong' by Emily Giffin
A successful TV producer in her 30s sees her life come crashing down when the child she gave up for adoption 18 years ago comes knocking on her door.
- 21 August 2012
'Winter Journal' by Paul Auster
Facing his 63rd winter, internationally acclaimed novelist Paul Auster sits down to write a history of his body and its sensations—both pleasurable and painful.
Thirty years after the publication of The Invention of Solitude, in which he wrote so movingly about fatherhood, Auster gives us a second unconventional memoir in which he writes about his mother's life and death. Winter Journal is a highly personal meditation on the body, time, and memory, by one of our most intellectually elegant writers.
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Category Archives: fiction
Monday contest: Signed books from T.C. Boyle!
T.C. Boyle is currently on tour for the paperback release of When the Killing’s Done, his 2011 novel about environmentalists battling over the invasive species inhabiting the Channel Islands. Boyle happens to be one of my favorite authors (like many … Continue reading
Poker journalist, fisherman . . . and novelist
The April Whodunit column features four standout suspense novels (including “hands-down the best gangster thriller in years“), but my favorite is probably the one about under-employed college grads who turn to . . . kidnapping to pay the bills. Everything’s … Continue reading
Edith Wharton: The new it girl?
Jonathan Franzen may be dogging her in the pages of The New Yorker, but publishers are betting that Edith Wharton is hotter than ever, 150 years after the perceptive chronicler of New York’s Gilded Age was born. … Continue reading
What we’re reading Wednesday: ‘Coral Glynn’ by Peter Cameron
Coral Glynn by Peter Cameron FSG • $25 • ISBN 9780374299019 published March 5, 2012 American author Peter Cameron has just released his sixth novel, Coral Glynn, and fans of carefully drawn period pieces set in Britain should be celebrating. (Cameron … Continue reading
At the heart of a hero
In BookPage, Lori Foster’s romance novels have been praised for their explosive sexual chemistry and their sizzling combination of alpha hero and determined heroine. Just by looking at the cover of one of these scorchers, you could definitely call them … Continue reading
Chris Bohjalian taps into heritage for upcoming novel
New York Times best-selling author Chris Bohjalian (Midwives, The Night Strangers) has a new novel coming out on July 17! Set in Syria in 1915 and present-day New York, The Sandcastle Girls taps into the author’s own Armenian heritage for … Continue reading
Fall fiction: Tom Wolfe goes ‘Back to Blood’
It’s been a long wait for Tom Wolfe fans, but on October 23, 2012, Little, Brown will publish Back to Blood, a novel about race relations in Miami that he reportedly sold for $7 million on a 28-page proposal. We … Continue reading
Monday contest: Signed copies of ‘A Good American’
I’ve mentioned before how much I enjoyed A Good American, Alex George’s story of a family of German origin who make their way in Missouri, after Frederick and Jette Meisenheimer immigrate from Hanover in 1904. The writing is spirited and … Continue reading
Fall fiction: Jamaica Kincaid
It has been 10 years since Jamaica Kincaid’s last novel, but on September 4, 2012, she’ll be back with a slender book about a family in crisis, See Now Then (FSG). Kincaid, who was born in Antigua, makes several nods to … Continue reading
What We’re Reading Wednesday: ‘Crucible of Gold’ by Naomi Novik
Crucible of Gold by Naomi Novik Del Rey • $25 • ISBN 9780345522863 published March 6, 2012 Since the 2006 publication of her first novel in the Temeraire series, His Majesty’s Dragon, Naomi Novik‘s star has risen quickly in the … Continue reading
Five fun facts about ‘With This Kiss’
With This Kiss is the second feel-good romance novel in Bella Riley’s Emerald Lake series. The story is about an innkeeper, Rebecca Campbell, who falls for her ex-fiance’s brother. A strong romantic attraction doesn’t equal an easy happy-ever-after, though. There … Continue reading
20 unexpected books for your reading group
Reading for your book club and socializing with your group members is a lot of fun, but sometimes it can be tricky to find a book that no one has read yet and everyone will enjoy. Maybe you’ve already read … Continue reading
Most buzzed-about debuts of 2012, part two
In January, we told you about the biggest winter and spring debuts for 2012. Looks like this will continue to be a stellar year for new voices, with several promising first novels vying for a spot in your beach bag … Continue reading
What we’re reading Wednesday: ‘Heading Out to Wonderful’
Heading Out to Wonderful by Robert Goolrick Algonquin • $24.95 • ISBN 9781565129238 Published June 12, 2012 Robert Goolrick’s dark and sexy novel from 2009, A Reliable Wife, was a surprise #1 New York Times bestseller and is now a … Continue reading
A character with a mind of her own
Finding Our Way Home is the latest book in Charlene Ann Baumbich’s Snowglobe Connections series—and it’s on sale today! This heartwarming story is about Sasha Davis, a ballerina who returns to her small hometown in Michigan after an injury ends … Continue reading
