Faber & Faber Archives - The Gilmore Guide to Books https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/reviews/publishers/faber-faber/ Connecting Books and Readers One Review at a Time Mon, 14 Oct 2019 22:22:22 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/cropped-books-on-table-2-150x150.jpg Faber & Faber Archives - The Gilmore Guide to Books https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/reviews/publishers/faber-faber/ 32 32 38398750 The Falconer: A Novel by Dana Czapnik https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2019/10/the-falconer-a-novel-by-dana-czapnik/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2019/10/the-falconer-a-novel-by-dana-czapnik/#comments Wed, 16 Oct 2019 07:59:18 +0000 http://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=13325 I loved this diamond bright, coming-of-age novel about a female athlete so much that when I saw it came out in paperback recently I had to share my thoughts with all of you again. If you haven’t read it yet, you need to get it NOW.  On page two of The Falconer, when Lucy Adler […]

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]]> https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2019/10/the-falconer-a-novel-by-dana-czapnik/feed/ 6 13325 The Night Guest https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2013/10/night-guest/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2013/10/night-guest/#comments Wed, 16 Oct 2013 07:54:34 +0000 http://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=2221   Ruth is a widow who lives alone and is awakened late one night by the sound of a tiger in her living room. As improbable as it sounds she is convinced, to the point of calling her grown son and describing the incident to him. Even after falling back asleep and waking to a normal […]

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]]> https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2013/10/night-guest/feed/ 4 2221 Note to Self https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2013/06/note-to-self/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2013/06/note-to-self/#respond Fri, 28 Jun 2013 07:22:32 +0000 http://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=1843 While it seems to be a contradiction in terms to describe a novel as both sharp and sluggish, it applies (in the best way) to Alina Simone’s debut, Note to Self. She melds the jagged edge anxiety of an unemployed woman in NYC with the ennui that means getting out of bed is a Herculean […]

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