PERCIVAL EVERETT BY VIRGIL RUSSELL, by Percival Everett
COMPLEX, ALLUSIVE META-NOVEL plays with structure, yet captures the poignancy of a father/son relationship.
Grade: A MINUS
PERCIVAL EVERETT BY VIRGIL RUSSELL
Graywolf Press
2013
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COMPLEX, ALLUSIVE META-NOVEL plays with structure, yet captures the poignancy of a father/son relationship.
Grade: A MINUS
PERCIVAL EVERETT BY VIRGIL RUSSELL
Graywolf Press
2013
TWO FRENCH WOMEN from very different backgrounds do what they must to survive World War II. Haunting, incisive.
Grade: A MINUS
IGNORANCE: A NOVEL
Bloomsbury
2013
Tags: A Minus Reviews, France, Historical Fiction, Novels, World War II
MARVELOUSLY CLEVER EPISTOLARY novel: a rant from a man angry that a writer friend has hijacked his life story.
Grade: B PLUS
THE ANTAGONIST
Knopf
2013
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Novels
SWEET LATE-VICTORIAN COZY stars an Indian princess living at Hampton Court with seedy gentry for neighbors.
Grade: SOLID B
THE PIGEON PIE MYSTERY
Doubleday/Anchor
2012
Tags: Historical Fiction, Mystery, Novels, Solid B Reviews
AN INNER-CITY LONDON teacher’s life is thrown into chaos by a man who may be her long-missing son. Devastating.
Grade: B PLUS
THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO CANE
Akashic Books
2013
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Black British Writers, Black Writers, Novels
ENCYCLOPEDICALLY CREEPY HISTORY of US mass murderers and serial killers, from the 18th century through today.
Grade: SOLID B
PSYCHO USA: FAMOUS AMERICAN KILLERS YOU NEVER HEARD OF
Ballantine
2012
Tags: History, Non-Fiction, Solid B Reviews, True Crime, United States
AN EDINBURGH COP uncovers old secrets on a remote Scottish island, his childhood home. Taut, atmospheric!
Grade: B PLUS
THE BLACKHOUSE
SilverOak
2012
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Mystery, Novels
FASCINATING STORIES OF the lives of the Russian aristocracy, from the eve of revolution to later reprisals.
Grade: SOLID B
FORMER PEOPLE: THE FINAL DAYS OF THE RUSSIAN ARISTOCRACY
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
2012
Tags: History, Non-Fiction, Politics, Russia, Russian Revolution, Social and Cultural Commentary, Solid B Reviews
QUIRKY MEDITATIONS ON love and loss throughout history, and in the writer’s personal life. Entertaining!
Grade: SOLID B
THE LITTLE BOOK OF HEARTBREAK: LOVE GONE WRONG THROUGH THE AGES
Plume
2013
Tags: History, Non-Fiction, Social and Cultural Commentary, Solid B Reviews
SPOOKY TALE COMBINES Florida-style Southern Gothic and the supernatural for chilling suspense. Kit Reed rules!
Grade: B PLUS
SON OF DESTRUCTION
Severn House
2013
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Horror, Novels, Paranormal, Suspense