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With its taproot in "Hamlet," this novel spins an engrossing tale of power struggles within a family of Wisconsin dog breeders.
By Laura Miller
June 27, 2008
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Sebastian Barry may be the most exhilarating prose stylist in Irish fiction. His new book weaves together strands from Ireland's past -- and his own.
By Allen Barra
June 20, 2008
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Past perfect: From a sinister Victorian thriller to the lush life of Louis XIV's mistress, these historical novels will take you back in time.
By Salon staff
June 16, 2008
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In Salman Rushdie's satisfying fairy tale "The Enchantress of Florence," magic and history entwine -- and so do a middle-aged emperor and a sexy princess.
By Laura Miller
June 13, 2008
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Chick chat: From a black-humored romantic romp to the tale of a single woman flirting her way around the world, these novels make perfect beach companions.
By Salon staff
June 2, 2008
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I'm lucky, I know I'm lucky, but I don't feel lucky. I just feel burdened.
By Cary Tennis
May 30, 2008
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With its teen sex, meth habits and quarter-life crises, Janelle Brown's addictive Silicon Valley novel shows that in every boom, there's a bust.
By Rebecca Traister
May 28, 2008
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Is there something wrong with me? Why can't I just be lovable and outgoing?
By Cary Tennis
May 27, 2008
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In the age of blogging, great critics appear to be on life support. Salon's book reviewers discuss snobbery, how to make criticism fun and the need for cultural gatekeepers.
By Louis Bayard and Laura Miller
May 22, 2008
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The unlikely heroine of "Lavinia" leaps out of the Aeneid and brings an ancient culture -- deeply bound by "duty, order and justice" -- to life.
By Laura Miller
May 1, 2008
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Karen Joy Fowler's follow-up to bestseller "The Jane Austen Book Club" is a detective novel about a mystery writer whose tales come back to haunt her.
By Louis Bayard
April 18, 2008
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Jonathan Coe's graceful new novel is the tale of daughters destined to repeat the failures of their mothers.
By Laura Miller
April 10, 2008
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A haunting new alternative history imagines an invading German army living alongside the natives in rural Wales.
By Laura Miller
March 18, 2008
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"Lush Life," Price's latest tour of down-low urban America, is an acute portrait of the Darwinian adaptations required to survive in our city jungles.
By Richard B. Woodward
March 10, 2008
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Alain Robbe-Grillet turned the masses against inventive fiction. Now that he's dead, will experimental writing make a comeback?
By Stephen Marche
March 6, 2008
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An innocent math professor gets caught up in the search for an anti-technology terrorist.
By Laura Miller
February 19, 2008
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"Suite Française" made her a posthumous literary sensation. But newly published work raises the question: Was Némirovsky a Jewish anti-Semite?
By Allen Barra
February 6, 2008
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Witness the sentimental education of an Information Age Everyman -- and his salvation -- in Lydia Millet's beautiful new novel.
By Laura Miller
February 4, 2008
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A hero with superhuman hearing sets out to rescue a silent child in Peter Hoeg's compelling new mystery.
By Heather Havrilesky
November 28, 2007
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In a movie season crowded with westerns, "True Grit" -- the great, unsung novel of the American frontier -- celebrates its 40th anniversary.
By Allen Barra
November 27, 2007
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A modern tale of gentrification pits black working-class folk against young white professionals pining for a fixer-upper.
By Laura Miller
November 12, 2007
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Remembrances of Norman Mailer by Marlon Brando, Liz Smith, Irving Howe, Diana Trilling, Edward Abbey, Germaine Greer and other notables.
Compiled by Dana Cook
November 11, 2007
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This entry from "The Salon.com Reader's Guide to Contemporary Authors" takes us on a tour of his best, his worst and his bravest.
By A.O. Scott
November 10, 2007
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What happens when authors like J.K. Rowling can't stop telling their own stories?
By Rebecca Traister
October 23, 2007
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A haunting, minimalist portrait of modern warfare by former soldier Matthew Eck.
By Stephen Elliott
October 22, 2007
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