Virginie Despentes novel reads like Paul Thomas Anderson's Magnolia mashed with Don Quixote and set in contemporary Paris. The post Book Review: "Vernon Subutex 1" " Rock and Roll, Drugs, a…
As a River is a sensuously and smoothly written book, a heartfelt meditation on what divides us from each other and from love. The post Book Review: "As a River" " How Secrets Divide appeare…
We Are All Good People Here is an enormously insightful examination of how dangerous suggestible people can be, to those around them and to themselves. The post Book Review: "We Are All Good…
The Ash Family is a full-color illustration of how the modern world leaves people vulnerable to radical ideas. The post Book Review: "The Ash Family" " A Commune or a Cult? appeared first o…
The Bird King is an utterly lovely reading experience. The post Book Review: "The Bird King" " Nothing But Enchantment appeared first on The Arts Fuse.
The Western Wind turns out to be a beautifully written novel, a serious book of great depth, intention, and craft. The post Book Review: "The Western Wind" " A Magisterial Murder Mystery app…
Everything about Schumacher's story indicates that clichés about the '50s are so powerful because things really were that way: repressive, poisonous, full of unspoken secrets and blustering…
This is a bewildering, frustrating, deeply weird novel, densely written and remarkably free of signposts.
The twelve stories in this collection are set in radically different places, use multiple forms, and reflect varying levels of political engagement.
Summer Cannibals' main virtue is its keen transmission of psychological warfare in families.
Rupert Thomson's Never Anyone But You is a quiet, expert, and inestimably engaging novel.
So Lucky is a tough, accomplished novel, a book that readers didn't know they needed.
No Way Home is a model for how to tell a weird, complicated story in a way that will make the reader hang on tight for the whole ride.