reviews
Frank Deford on 'covering the fun stuff'
He makes sports both interesting and entertaining.
May 27, 2012 | 7:00 am
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Lawson's stories in 'Let's Pretend' are viciously funny
Author has more than 200,000 followers on Twitter.
May 26, 2012 | 4:00 pm
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McManus books tells U.S. side of a 'Bridge Too Far'
He writes about World War II in a way that keeps it vivid.
May 26, 2012 | 3:45 pm
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Novel's polluted lake based on real Chinese problem
Qiu Xiaolong's seventh mystery is set in a city close to Shanghai.
May 20, 2012 | 7:00 am
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Off with her head: Anne Boleyn's, not Mantel's
Author makes bloody tale fresh.
May 20, 2012 | 6:30 am
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Richard Ford in welcome return with 'Canada'
Novel crams a lifetime's worth of trauma into a matter of days.
May 19, 2012 | 4:00 pm
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Shinn sets new fantasy 'Shape of Desire' in St. Louis
Local readers will recognize many geographical and cultural landmarks.
May 19, 2012 | 6:00 am
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Viets heroine survives 11th dead-end job
Elaine Viets' series has a light touch and lots of humor.
May 13, 2012 | 5:45 am
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Sandford prefers cops over Hollywood
With summer looming, we're due for another "Prey" tale.
May 13, 2012 | 5:30 am
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Caro's 4th volume proves more sympathetic to Johnson
The focus is on power.
May 12, 2012 | 4:00 pm
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'Billy Lynn' a touching novel about soldier home from Iraq
Author Ben Fountain is known for his short stories.
May 06, 2012 | 2:15 am
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Morrison's haunting novella leaves reader wanting more
The setting is the early 1950s.
May 05, 2012 | 4:15 pm
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Irving's novel has hang-ups, though not about sex
Latest work from popular author has a bisexual narrator.
May 05, 2012 | 4:00 pm
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Albright's memoir is tale of two diplomats, father and daughter
Book looks at the plight of former secretary of state's native country, Czechoslovakia.
Apr 29, 2012 | 12:00 am
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Mail-order bride wants return ticket to Bangladesh in 'The Newlyweds'
In her third book, "The Newlyweds," literary darling Nell Freudenberger enters the crowded realm of the Indian-Western cross-cultural novel, a genre whose best practitioners include Jhumpa Lahiri and Kiran Desai. Stepping wholly outside of herself, Freudenberger tells the tale of Amina Mazid, an …
Apr 29, 2012 | 12:00 am
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