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December 14, 2009
A Year in Reading: Joe Meno 0
by Joe Meno
Reading this book is like realizing there is an entire room somewhere in your house that you never had the chance to visit before, a world of talking tigers, junk heaps, and underwater coffins.
December 14, 2009
A Year in Reading: Ben Fountain 4
by Ben Fountain
Susan Faludi’s dissection of the national id is even almost funny in a twisted, cringe-and-shiver way, until you remember just how much death and ruination have come of America’s years-long wallow in “Hollywood heroism.”
December 13, 2009
A Year in Reading: Scott Esposito 6
by Scott Esposito
Plotwise, The Darkroom of Damocles is as riveting a detective story as I read all year, but its purpose is far beyond that of your average noir.
December 13, 2009
A Year in Reading: Hamilton Leithauser 2
by Hamilton Leithauser
In my favorite Kingsley Amis novels, like One Fat Englishman and The Green Man, the main character is just such a prick in such a funny way, you just know Amis is really enjoying writing about himself.
December 12, 2009
Founding Father, Remixed 0
by Emily Colette Wilkinson
George Washington as you’ve never seen him before: First, a cartoon entitled “Cox and Combs” and second, a live action avant garde take on the founding father.
December 12, 2009
A Year in Reading: Patrick Brown 4
by Patrick Brown
Stoner is the sort of book that people aren’t writing right now.
