The Garden of Last Days by Andre Dubus III
Wednesday June 25, 2008
John Formy-Duval has picked Andre Dubus III's The Garden of Last Days as the best novel of the year (so far):
"Instantly interesting and engaging, it grabs one's attention and holds ... Read More
Entertainment Weekly's Top Ten Books Poll
Friday June 20, 2008
Entertainment Weekly polled its readers to get this list of the ten best books of the past 25 years:
The Road by Cormac McCarthy
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by ... Read More
When You Are Engulfed in Flames by David Sedaris
Tuesday June 17, 2008
David Sedaris can be and has been side-splittingly funny. He is, without a doubt, one of my most favorite writers ever, and I like nothing better than happening upon ... Read More
William Gibson's Playlist on Paper Cuts
Monday June 16, 2008
From the NYTBR Paper Cuts blog, William Gibson's playlist of ten tracks in no particular order in which the author most recently of Spook Country likens The Drive-By Truckers' "Decoration ... Read More
Merde Happens by Stephen Clarke
Thursday June 12, 2008
From Stephen Clarke, author of A Year in the Merde and In the Merde for Love, Merde Happens is the third installation of Paul West's hilarious mis-adventures in merde.
This ... Read More
A Wolf at the Table by Augusten Burroughs
Tuesday June 10, 2008
In A Wolf at the Table, Augusten Burroughs returns to the story of his dysfunctional family, a subject that he mastered in his bestseller, Running with Scissors (2003). If the ... Read More
The Long March by Sun Shuyun
Tuesday June 3, 2008
The Long March is Communist Chinas founding myth, the heroic tale that every Chinese child learns in school. Seventy years after the historical march took place, Sun Shuyun set out ... Read More