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It’s not by accident that some of the greatest coming-of-age stories are concerned with deconstructing social stereotypes.
Read MoreAce film blogger Farran Smith Nehme’s first novel grows directly out of her adoration of classic American cinema.
Read MoreTaken as a whole, “The Poets’ Wives” is a fascinating, brave novel whose love of poetry breathes through all three sections.
Read MoreWhen the septuagenarian protagonist of this novel finally gets out of her claustrophobic apartment, everything changes.
Read MoreClaire Kilroy’s dark and fantastical comedy “The Devil I Know” nails the greed and rampaging ambition of the corrupt avatars of “the new Ireland” — developers, bankers, and government pooh-bahs.
Read MoreLove stories, treachery, brilliant plans, history itself gone awry – it’s all here in inspiring abundance in this fabulous novel, where the Spinozas make their way through hundreds of years of European history.
Read MoreAs with any Richard Powers novel, when you finish “Orfeo” you will have no doubt you are alive, awake, and likely ready to start over at page one.
Read MoreIn Donna Tartt’s much-lauded third novel, Fabritius’ painting “The Goldfinch” and the fleeting nature of, well, everything comes together for a brief and shining moment.
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