Articles by C. Max Magee
August 16, 2011
Tuesday New Release Day: Waldman, Kline 0
A pair of debuts are making waves this week. Amy Waldman’s The Submission ponders an alternate present in which a Muslim man is the anonymous winner of the search for a design to build the 9/11 memorial at Ground Zero. Ernest Kline’s Player One is a “genre-busting,” pop culture-infused take on the virtual reality future [...]
August 9, 2011
Tuesday New Release Day: Grossman, Baker, Dyer, Pierre, Wilson, Mukherjee, Grossman 0
In a big week for new releases, we have Lev Grossman’s The Magician King, the sequel to his blockbuster debut The Magicians; Nicholson Baker’s House of Holes, reviewed here today; another new Geoff Dyer book, The Missing of the Somme; DBC Pierre’s Lights Out in Wonderland; and Kevin Wilson’s debut novel The Family Fang (which [...]
August 2, 2011
Tuesday New Release Day: Murphy, Scocca, Schulman, Whitehouse 0
New this week: Yannick Murphy’s latest novel The Call is out this week, as is Tom Scocca’s chronicle of expat life, Beijing Welcomes You (Both are written up in our big second-half preview). Also arriving is a new novel from Helen Schulman, This Beautiful Life, and Bed, the debut effort of David Whitehouse, which has [...]
August 1, 2011
The Millions Top Ten: July 2011 2
Two debuts last month: a classic work of poetry and a brand new installment of an epic series.
July 26, 2011
The Booker’s Dozen: The 2011 Booker Longlist 0
With the unveiling of the Booker Prize longlist, the 2011 literary Prize season is officially underway. As is typically the case, the list offers a mix of exciting new names, relative unknowns and beloved favorites. Notable names include Alan Hollinghurst and Julian Barnes.
July 26, 2011
Tuesday New Release Day: Schwartz, Towles, Russell 0
New this week: John Burnham Schwartz follows up Reservation Road with Northwest Corner. Amor Towles debuts with a novel of New York society in the 1930s, Rules of Civility. And Karen Russell’s Swamplandia! is now out in paperback. Bonus Links: You can now subscribe to listings of literary new releases in your feed reader with [...]
