 Anything But Ordinary
(October 25, 2006) Getting to know Chris Adrian, author of "The Children's Hospital," and the most talented writer you still haven't heard of. |
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 Ego Robber
(July 25, 2006) A new novel focuses on the plight of a young deaf woman who is trying to track down a man who stole her identity. |
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 Kicked, Bitten, and Scratched
(July 18, 2006) A moving new book by journalist Amy Sutherland delves into everyday life at the world's premier school for exotic animal trainers. |
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 Gift for a God
(June 19, 2006) A worthy present for Mozart on his 250th birthday: an original, sometimes eclectic, and mostly well-written book about the composer and his operas. |
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 Faith and Terror
(June 13, 2006) In his latest novel, John Updike explores the nature of faith through the eyes of a would-be terrorist. |
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 The Rat Who Reads
(June 09, 2006) Set in Boston, Sam Savage's fascinating satiric novel chronicles the sad life of a literature-loving rodent. |
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 Death's Head Boogie
(May 22, 2006) Philip Roth's latest novel is a well-written but disquieting meditation on the meaninglessness of mortality. |
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 Ripped-off Readers
(May 15, 2006) Crime memoirs about Irish mobster Whitey Bulger have become a corrupt and pathetic cottage industry. |
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 Memory Serves
(May 09, 2006) A local program invites Holocaust survivors to document the past from their point of view. |
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 Boomer Stories Booming
(April 24, 2006) Well-crafted fiction about the politics and psychosis of the sixties is becoming a growing industry. |
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 Colossal Range
(March 06, 2006) The indispensable octogenarian, Doris Lessing, continues to astonish with her latest books. |
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 Beyond Stereotypes
(February 14, 2006) An illuminating new book suggests that, post-Holocaust, the question is no longer whether Jews should live in Germany but how they should live there. |
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 Hooked on a Thrill
(February 06, 2006) Mary Gaitskill's fine novel "Veronica" explores the links between beauty and ugliness. |
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 Of Madness and Murder
(January 10, 2006) A brilliant new novel explores how the search for his family's fate during the Holocaust nearly costs a man his sanity. |
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 Liberal Hawks and Paleo-Raptors
(December 13, 2005) Two books by left-wing pundits grapple with why they supported the Bush Administration's invasion of Iraq. |
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