Previews, Reviews, and Collection Development
Coben, Harlan. Six Years. Dutton. Mar. 2013. 400p. ISBN 9780525953487. $27.95. THRILLER Heartbroken when wonderful Natalie marries another man, Jake Sanders tries to forget her, working hard at his career as a college professor. Six years later, when he learns that Natalie’s husband has died, he attends the funeral—only to discover that the widow, who [...]
Hamid, Mohsin. How To Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia. Riverhead: Penguin Group (USA). Mar. 2013. 240p. ISBN 9781594487293. $26.95. LITERARY FICTION The title could come from one of those get-rich-quick books that the young and ambitious eat up, and in fact Hamid imaginatively uses that genre’s format to shape his narrative. But this is [...]
Crace, Jim. Harvest. Nan A. Talese: Doubleday. Feb. 2013. 224p. ISBN 9780385520775. $24.95. LITERARY Multi-award-winner Crace (Being Dead) creates astonishing worlds, and he seems to have done so again in a work set in an isolated English village of indeterminate time and place but essential forcefulness. One frosty morning, smoke is seen drifting skyward, one [...]
Doctorow, Cory. Homeland. Tor Teen. Feb. 2013. 400p. ISBN 9780765333698. $17.99. DYSTOPIAN Ignore the “teen” in Tor Teen; Doctorow is the ultimate crossover author, whose sharp writing and commitment to investigating the hot-button political and technological issues of today (and tomorrow) engage YA and adult readers alike. This sequel to Little Brother, a New York [...]
Baggott, Julianna. Fuse. Grand Central. Feb. 2013. 416p. ISBN 9781455503087. $25.99. Downloadable: Hachette Audio. DYSTOPIAN In Baggott’s laceratingly inventive Pure, those not safely under the Dome at the bomb-bright apocalyptic moment have been permanently fused to whatever was nearby, object or human, and Partridge defies his father, Dome master Willux, by escaping to the wider [...]
Barbara’s Picks, Feb. 2013, Pt. 1: New Thriller Author Saville, plus Gretel Ehrlich, James Lasdun, & Alexander Stille
Barbara’s Picks, Jan. 2013, Pt. 4: Askew, Barry, Hensher, Nugent, Self, Hazleton, Sonnenberg
Barbara’s Picks, Jan. 2013, Pt. 3: Jim Harrison, Adam Mansbach, Jared Diamond, and More
Barbara’s Picks: January 2013, Pt. 2: Memoirs from Knox and Sotomayor; a Debut Thriller from Law and Order’s Wolf
Barbara’s Picks, Jan. 2013, Pt. 1: Chevalier Goes American and Shubin Sees the Universe Within
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