News - Book Reviews
News - Book Reviews
Laura Kipnis’s UNWANTED ADVANCES received a very favorable review in the New York Times, where Jennifer Senior writes that “It is invigorating and irritating, astute and facile, rigorous and flippant, fair-minded and score-settling, practical and hyperbolic… Above all else, though, Unwanted Advances is necessary.” Harper published the book April 4, 2017.
THE BEAR AND THE NIGHTINGALE received a starred review from School Library Journal, which said, “reading Arden’s debut novel is like listening to an entrancing tale spun out over nights in the best oral tradition... A spellbinding story that will linger with most readers far beyond the final page.” Del Rey published the book January 10, 2017...
Hannah Lillith Assadi’s SONORA was written up in the New Yorker’s Briefly Noted section, with the editor’s endorsement: “it powerfully evokes the sense of being an outsider.” The book has also been selected as Bustle’s American Woman Book Club pick for April, which called it “a poetic coming-of-age story about friendship, identity, secrets, and obsession that will haunt you long after you turn the final page." Soho Press published the book March 28, 2017.
Kirkus and Publishers Weekly both gave early positive reviews to this debut thriller. Kirkus called the novel “an intriguingly dark, twisty story [with] eccentric characters [who] make this book a standout,” and Publishers Weekly said, “quirky characters and a keen sense of place distinguish this multigenerational tale of abandonment, desperation, and betrayal… inventive and intricately plotted.” Scribner will publish the novel June 13, 2017...
Publishers Weekly reviewed Rosecrans Baldwin’s “well-crafted” literary mystery THE LAST KID LEFT. MCD, Sean McDonald’s new imprint at FSG, will publish the book June 6, 2017..
Angelica Baker’s “ambitious debut” OUR LITTLE RACKET was reviewed in this week’s issue of Publishers Weekly, which called it “a personal, thought-provoking portrait…of the American Dream.” Ecco will publish OUR LITTLE RACKET on June 20, 2017...
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reviewed Jaroslav Kalfar’s SPACEMAN OF BOHEMIA, calling it “an intensely satisfying debut from an author who shows a profound understanding of the uncertainties of life and how difficult it can be to voice them…a gratifying introduction to an author who, one can hope, is just beginning.” Little, Brown published SPACEMAN OF BOHEMIA on March 7, 2017...
The audio edition of A Divided Spy earned a starred review from Publishers Weekly this week: “At the start of Cumming’s third Thomas Kell novel, the disillusioned, disgraced ex-British spy is still mourning the death of his paramour, Rachel Wallinger, when a former associate provides him with a way to avenge her murder. Kell convinces his former boss, MI6 chief Amelia Levene, to assist him in a plan to blackmail Russian SVR officer Alexander Minasian, whom Kell holds personally responsible for Rachel’s death...
Jaroslav Kalfar’s “zany first novel” SPACEMAN OF BOHEMIA receives a full page review in the New York Times Book Review, which writes, “For all the strangeness of outer space, it is the writing about his home village, the place to which he longs to return and perhaps never can, that beats strongest in this wry, melancholy book.”
Publishers Weekly lauded Habash’s debut STEPHEN FLORIDA in a starred review as “A striking, original, and coarsely poetic portrayal of a young man’s athletic and emotional quest.” Coffee House Press will publish the book June 6, 2017....