Michael Cunningham’s By Nightfall (2010)

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Michael Cunningham's By Nightfall Harper Collins, 2010 I read Michael Cunningham's first novel, A Home at the End of the World last month, and wholly enjoyed it. Nearly as much as The Hours, but the bookishness of the latter (or, perhaps I should say, the Woolfishness) left it in the

Michael Cunningham’s By Nightfall (2010)2020-10-01T12:50:47-04:00

Jonathan Franzen’s Freedom (2010)

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Jonathan Franzen Freedom Harper, 2010 If you happened to have read my response to The Corrections last month, you might well have expected my response to Freedom to appear here sometime in 2020. But although it took me nearly ten years to get around to reading the first, it took only

Jonathan Franzen’s Freedom (2010)2014-03-09T19:16:42-04:00

Richard B. Wright’s Mr. Shakespeare’s Bastard (2010)

2014-03-09T19:17:33-04:00

Richard B. Wright's Mr. Shakespeare's Bastard Phyllis Bruce - Harper Collins, 2010 I was so annoyed with myself as a reader for not properly appreciating Richard Wright's October; I knew it was very well-done and it was simply my preternatural attachment to his earlier novel, Clara Callan, that interfered with

Richard B. Wright’s Mr. Shakespeare’s Bastard (2010)2014-03-09T19:17:33-04:00

Sara Gruen’s Ape House (2010)

2014-03-09T19:08:22-04:00

Sara Gruen's Ape House Bond Street Books, 2010 Reasons I read Water for Elephants: 1. I got tired of saying "No, I haven't, yet", when countless people -- with all kinds of reading prefereces between them -- asked me if I'd read it. 2. I love elephants (and books about

Sara Gruen’s Ape House (2010)2014-03-09T19:08:22-04:00

Michael Winter’s This All Happened (2000)

2014-03-09T19:04:52-04:00

Michael Winter's This All Happened: A Fictional Memoir House of Anansi, 2000 Gabriel English was also the protagonist of Michael Winter's short story collection One Last Good Look. I realized this after I had finished this novel and felt a little badly. As though I'd arrived significantly late for an

Michael Winter’s This All Happened (2000)2014-03-09T19:04:52-04:00
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