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By Mark Flanagan, About.com Guide to Contemporary Literature since 2003

Kirkus Reviews Spring & Summer 2006

Wednesday February 15, 2006

Check out Kirkus Reviews' Spring and Summer 2006 preview. They list 35 titles to watch for.

Highlights include Daniel Handler's (Lemony Snicket) third adult novel, Adverbs; Possible Side Effects, a collection of essays from Augusten Burroughs (Dry); and How Opal Mehta Got Kissed, Got Wild, and Got a Life, a debut novel from Kaavya Viswanathan, a teenage Harvard student, about a teenager struggling to get in to Harvard. This from Viswnathan's editor at Little, Brown: "There's a real intelligence and seriousness to the writing, but Kaavya also pulls off the most outrageous comedy with utter aplomb."

I'm looking forward to another debut novel - Londonstani from British writer, Gautam Malkani, depicting the marginalized South Asian populations in London - Indian, Pakistani, Afghan, Sikh, Muslim, Hindu - particularly the young gansta wannabes of this society.

Also, A Dirty Job is due out from Christopher Moore in April, and no one loves to make me laugh like Christopher Moore (Fluke, Lamb, The Stupidest Angel). In this one, a second-hand store owner and new Dad has the responsibilities of Death (himself) thrust unexpectantly upon him. Should be good.

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