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The New Canon: The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga
A rags-to-riches tale set in India instead of America. Even in fiction, it seems, the world is flat.
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Three Reasons Why You Should Read Debut Novels
Like original novels that are well written? Give a debut author a chance!
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Book Review: Chronic City by Jonathan Lethem
Chronic City seems likes a typical buddy novel set in New York, until the robots and space weapons show up.
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Book Review: Under the Dome by Stephen King
An advance review of Stephen King's new magnum opus, Under the Dome.
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Book Review: Generosity by Richard Powers
Richard Powers shows that DNA and fiction can mix in this story of woman who is hard-wired to be happy.
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TV Review: Castle - "The Double Down"
Solving crimes is more than just a game.
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Conceptual Fiction: Flatland by Edwin A. Abbott
Edwin Abbott's strange cult novel from 1884 is set in two dimensional space populated by squares, circles, triangles and lines.
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The New Canon: The Known World by Edward P. Jones
There are deep moral lessons in this brilliant novel by Edward Jones, but they aren’t pre-digested for the reader
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Book Review: Of Bees and Mist by Erick Setiawan
Erick Setiawan's debut novel, Of Bees and Mist, is a magical triumph.
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The New Canon: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
An autistic youngster decides to solve a crime and ends up learning that the real mystery starts at home.
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