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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
Jess Walter’s ‘Beautiful Ruins’
Jess Walter is one of today’s most creative and interesting writers, one whose reputation and accolades grow with every book. His 2009 novel, Financial Lives of the Poets, is being adapted for film by Michael Winterbottom, and his 2006 release, The … Continue reading
‘Curious Incident’ author takes readers on a family vacation
Mark Haddon‘s 2003 adult fiction debut, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, is the rare novel that can be successfully recommended to just about any reader (try it!). The book became a word-of-mouth hit for the British … Continue reading
Anna Quindlen returns to memoir with ‘Lots of Candles’
Recently, Anna Quindlen has been focusing on fiction—but readers are sure to rejoice when they hear that the former Newsweek and New York Times columnist will be chronicling her own life once again this May in Lots of Candles, Plenty … Continue reading
Hello to Anne Tyler’s ‘Goodbye’
More from the 2012 releases department: On April 3, Knopf will publish Pulitzer Prize winner Anne Tyler‘s 19th novel. The Beginner’s Goodbye is the story of Aaron, a man who loses his wife suddenly when a tree falls on their … Continue reading
Nell Freudenberger’s international love story
Here’s yet another novel to get excited about for 2012: Nell Freudenberger’s The Newlyweds will be published by Knopf on May 1. Freudenberger, who hit the literary scene in a big way with her short story collection, Lucky Girls, hasn’t published … Continue reading
Chabon’s ‘Telegraph Avenue’ out in fall 2012
2012 is shaping up to be a year of heavy-hitters, what with new releases from Toni Morrison, Richard Ford, Hilary Mantel, John Irving and many many more. (Tip: Keep an eye on the frequently-updated sidebar at the lower right that … Continue reading
Tom Hanks and ‘In the Garden of Beasts’
We told you this morning that Erik Larson’s In the Garden of Beasts is #10 on our Best Books of 2011 list, but now I have another exciting tidbit to share. The Hollywood Reporter has, well, reported that Universal has … Continue reading
May 2012: a major month for fiction
Last week, we told you about Toni Morrison’s Home (Knopf). Yesterday, we told you about Richard Ford’s Canada (Harper). Well, add two more big names to the May 2012 release list: John Irving and Peter Carey. Irving’s In One Person comes … Continue reading
A new novel from Richard Ford
For those of you getting a very early start on your next summer reading list, we have a suggestion: Canada, the first novel in more than five years from Pulitzer Prize-winning author Richard Ford. Ford’s new publisher, Ecco, an imprint … Continue reading
National Book Award winners featured in BookPage
The National Book Awards were announced last night, and the winners include several BookPage favorites: Jesmyn Ward won for her second novel, Salvage the Bones, which takes place during Hurricane Katrina. Carla Jean Whitley reviewed the novel in the September … Continue reading
Morrison in May
The works of Nobel Laureate Toni Morrison go beyond thought-provoking to what could better be called thought-demanding, with their lush prose, deep themes and occasional touches of magic or mysticism. But that’s just what readers and critics appreciate about Morrison, who … Continue reading
Oprah’s lasting effect
The Oprah Winfrey Show: Reflections on an American Legacy by Deborah Davis comes to bookstores today! Back in August, I gave a preview of the list of contributors, including Maya Angelou, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Elie Wiesel, Nelson Mandela and … Continue reading
‘Wolf Hall’ sequel has a pub date
Amidst all our “Best of 2011” coverage, we’re still keeping an ear to the ground to find out about the most anticipated releases of 2012. Today Henry Holt president and publisher Stephen Rubin announced that the sequel to Hilary Mantel’s … Continue reading
‘The Hunger Games’ trailer is here
Just in case any readers missed the big reveal on Good Morning America today, here is the official Hunger Games trailer! Ever since I read The Hunger Games and heard it was being turned into a movie, I’ve thought that … Continue reading
The Star Wars blueprints have landed
Just in case you were planning on building your very own Millennium Falcon, you’re in luck. J.W. Rinzler, the executive editor of Lucasfilm and a New York Times best-selling author, has brought the blueprints from that galaxy far, far away … Continue reading
