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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: News
Letting go, and looking forward
We loved Robert K. Massie’s essay for the NY Times on the pain of a biographer leaving his or her subject behind. During our interview, he told me he didn’t think he could write about a person he didn’t respect, and … Continue reading
Zadie Smith’s ‘NW’ out in September
Does anyone write about contemporary London better than Zadie Smith? The brilliant writer’s new novel, NW (Penguin Press), follows four siblings who made it out of the grim housing estate they were born into, only to be sucked back in when a … Continue reading
Historical fiction from T.C. Boyle coming in September
T.C. Boyle ranks among my very favorite authors, and with an oeuvre including The Women, The Tortilla Curtain and World’s End, I imagine he tops many of your lists as well. In September 2012, Viking will publish Boyle’s next book, … Continue reading
Back to Barcelona with Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Lovers of books about books fell for Carlos Ruiz Zafon’s English debut, The Shadow of the Wind, back in 2004—including BookPage. Since then, Ruiz Zafon has mostly focused on children’s books, though he took a brief foray back into the … Continue reading
Junot Diaz returns in September
Big news for lovers of literary fiction this morning: author Junot Diaz, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for his novel The Brief and Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao (2007), will publish a collection of stories with Riverhead Books on September 11, … Continue reading
Provocative title of the week: ‘Life Is Short and Desire Endless’
My thoughts, upon seeing the title of French author Patrick Lapeyre’s English-language debut: 1.) Guess this is not going to be the stereotype-busting novel about the French that I’ve been waiting for. 2.) Is that a DSK quote? But while … Continue reading
BIG news from J.K. Rowling
I was having a conversation with someone the other day, and I mentioned that I don’t usually like books that have a cult following. My friend’s reply: “You mean other than Harry Potter?” Oh, yeah. Harry Potter: My favorite series … Continue reading
PEN/Faulkner nominees announced
The five nominees for the 2012 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction were announced yesterday. The national award honors the best American fiction each year. Four of the nominees are familiar faces in the literary awards world, but everyone is talking about … Continue reading
Ann Patchett has Stephen Colbert speechless
It’s not often that a guest leaves comedian Stephen Colbert at a loss for words, but author Ann Patchett managed it more than once during her guest appearance last night on “The Colbert Report.” The two talked about Parnassus Books and … Continue reading
Robert Goolrick: A reliable author?
Robert Goolrick‘s debut, A Reliable Wife, became a word-of-mouth hit when it was published in 2009. The story of a woman who arrives in Wisconsin in the winter of 1909 to marry a man she’s never met—and turns out to … Continue reading
Provocative title of the week: ‘Say Nice Things About Detroit’
People are always talking about judging a book by its cover, but for those of us who are obsessed with words, I’d say a title is equally if not more important. This week brought an early contender for our “Best … Continue reading
Jeffrey Zaslow dies at 53
We were saddened to learn over the weekend that Jeffrey Zaslow—author of The Girls from Ames, The Magic Room (our January 2012 Top Pick in Nonfiction) and many other books—died in a Friday car accident in Michigan. He was 53. … Continue reading
Lemony Snicket’s autobiography
Raise your hand if you love Lemony Snicket. What’s not to love? His books are hilarious. Even though I’m not a teacher, a librarian or a parent, I have been a camp counselor and a big sister to a tween … Continue reading
Another Texas story from Leila Meacham
When we last checked in with Leila Meacham she had just published Roses, her epic novel that spans 70 years in the history of the Toliver family, owners of a cotton plantation in Texas. That soapy saga had it all: … Continue reading
Emily Giffin returns with ‘Where We Belong’ in July
We interviewed Emily Giffin back in 2010, right when the filming of Something Borrowed was about to begin. (See more on the film in this blog post about the interview.) The success of that film pushed the already popular author’s sales even … Continue reading
