REVIEW: Low-Wage Retail Workers Finally Get the Vivid Novel They Deserve
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A Novel that is Better-Written, and of Course Funnier, than Upton Sinclair’s ‘The Jungle’
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REVIEW: 25 Years after 'Election,' Tracy Flick is Mellower -- but Still Intent on Winning
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As in the Novel Where We First Met Her, Tracy’s Lack of “Likability” Creates Problems
Read MoreREVIEW: Elizabeth Strout's Beloved Olive Kitteridge is Back, Better than Ever
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Strout Vividly Conveys the Delicate Balance Between the Desire to Leave Home and the Desperate Need to Return
Read MoreQ&A: Novelist Claire Lombardo Talks Families, Fiction, and the Power of Post-Its.
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And about Her New Book, The Most Fun We’ve Ever Had
Read MoreESSAY: An Author Wonders: Why Does Everyone Think My Protagonist is Me?
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What Part of “It is a Novel” Do People Not Understand?
Read MoreREVIEW: Jennifer Egan's 'Manhattan Beach' is an 'Astounding Eye-Opener'
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A Rich Period Story with a Blockbuster of an Ending
Read MoreREVIEW: Salman Rushdie's 'Golden House' is Tragedy, Odyssey, and Fairy Tale
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And a Caustic Examination of an Ill-Fated Family.
Read MoreREVIEW: Jean Thompson's Brilliant New Novel is a Thelma & Louise for Our Time
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A Wise Novel About an Intense Female Friendship
Read MoreREVIEW: A "Delightful Page-Turner" About a Young Woman Who Was Hit By a Truck
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A novel about losing things great and small
Read MoreReview: Mary Gaitskill’s Heartwarming Novel of Awkward Racial Tension
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A tale of how white guilt and the need for love intermingle to create messy human relationships
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