Genre Fiction

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“Tom Wolfe has still got it. . . He presents the American Dream as it is today. And he does it very, very well.”

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“. . . a crackling good read . . .”

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“. . . deadly serious with all plot, character development, and events revolving around Eve’s determination to put a twisted criminal mastermind out of action.”

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“Susan Hill’s Serrailler mysteries . . . are rich in psychological detail and written in prose as clear and invigorating as a winter’s day in her native Yorkshire.”

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“. . . you’ll be glad you got on for the ride—and made it safely to the end.”

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“. . . literary in quality . . .”

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“Steve Stern masterfully creates different voices and narrators, employing colorful and descriptive language and humor.”

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“The Truth is thinking fiction, worthy . . .”

Michael Palin doesn’t look much like a Renaissance man.

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“Astray is a wonderful, wonderfully interesting story collection because, above all else, Ms. Donoghue is a wonderful and wonderfully interesting storyteller.”

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“. . . a gripping, adventuresome novel with profound insight into the ways in which we choose our destiny . . .”

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“Duffy Brown has created a delightful world filled with charm and humor and sprinkled with those wonderful Southern metaphors . . .”

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“. . . a complex, atmospheric story. . . . artful and competent writing.”

If you like to get down to the soul level in your reading, open up a Louise Penny mystery.

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“. . . a potboiler of a thing, something that would have, during the studio era, been the stuff of a B picture.”

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“Mr. Kaplan tries again and again to find reasonable scientific explanations for monsters . . . only to conclude . . . monsters are outside the realm of scientific inquiry.”

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“. . . both the author and the illustrator share their wisdom and empathy.”

Picture books are not just for children.

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“. . . [an] exciting and emotional read. . . . a gritty tale told with honesty and compassion.”

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“. . . perceptive storytelling and bracing honesty . . . subtle but meaningful”

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“You will find poetry in objects. . . . The layering of the storytelling is as rich as a frosted cake.”

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“Those Greeks and their family dynamics certainly showed that modern life doesn’t have a lock on irrational behavior.”

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“. . . daring . . . a story of the Promethean folly of human beings. . . . visceral . . . grueling . . .”

Chase Novak’s newly born Breed is not cute.

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“. . . filled with wonderfully zany characters Agatha Christie would have killed for.”

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“. . . a powerful and rare achievement . . .”

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“. . . a highly inventive, imaginative, and partly autobiographical account of bohemian life . . .”

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