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Indelible: A Novel by Adelia Saunders

February 24, 2017

indelible

  For as long as Magdalena could remember the words had always been there, although she didn’t used to think of them as words. At first she didn’t think of them as anything, they were just ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: Bloomsbury, book clubs, debut, literary, London

Two Years Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Nights

October 2, 2015

two years

  Salman Rushdie is back with Two Years Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Nights, a story about the strangeness that resulted from a seam being opened between the world of humans and the world of ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: fantasy, literary, magical realism, New York City, Random House

The Book of Speculation

July 8, 2015

Debut novelist Erika Swyler does not waste any time before throwing the reader into the deep end of The Book of Speculation. The novel begins with Simon Watson, a librarian with the ability to hold ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: debut, historical fiction, magic, mystery, St. Martin's Press

Of Things Gone Astray

February 16, 2015

Magical realism is the moving force behind author Janina Matthewson’s, Of Things Gone Astray, an enchanting novel about the everyday realities of life. In it she follows six different people in London ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: book clubs, debut, magical realism, short stories, The Friday Project

2 A.M. at The Cat’s Pajamas

December 24, 2014

2a.m. at the cat's pajamas

  Author Marie-Helene Bertino creates an unusual and charming story in 2 A.M. at The Cat’s Pajamas in that while it takes place in the 24 hours before Christmas Eve the only thing Christmas-like ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: book clubs, childhood, contemporary life, Crown, debut, magical realism

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