- June 13, 2005
- Fine Specimen
Michael Cunningham’s latest wrestles Walt Whitman� and comes out on top.
- June 6, 2005
- Losing His Grip
Nick Hornby is a lovely, witty prose stylist�but without real characters, his latest novel falls flat.
- May 30, 2005
- Creepshow
Hilary Mantel’s Beyond Black is spooky, smart, and deep.
- May 16, 2005
- The Coast of Akron
Beneath the bright cocktail patter of 'Akron,' there is not only the whiff of smugness that often accompanies the irreproachably hip, but also a critical remoteness.
- May 16, 2005
- Bio Hazards
Nicole Krauss opens up about her curious life and her powerful second novel. Just don’t ask about her husband.
- April 25, 2005
- From Beyond
Michel Houellebecq, France’s bard of sex and anomie, finds an unlikely kindred spirit in H. P. Lovecraft.
- April 4, 2005
- Terror Comes to Tiny Town
Jonathan Safran Foer channels the horror of 9/11 through the eyes of a child.
- March 28, 2005
- Heart of Glass
Ian McEwan raises big questions that his cold, controlling muse can’t answer.
- March 7, 2005
- Meet the Prose
In A Changed Man, Francine Prose unloads on do-gooder hypocrisy and a media with blinders on.
- February 28, 2005
- In the Belly of the Mouse
Recasting the business biography as a study in self-sabotage.