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A LONG WAY FROM HOME by Peter Carey

September 29, 2018

A 1954 TREK ACROSS AUSTRALIA is a comic picaresque adventure, but more as well: love, death, identity, Jung, history, colonialism all blend together on the road. A MINUS

A LONG WAY FROM HOME
PENGUIN RANDOM HOUSE
2018

Grade: A MINUS

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EDEN (HARDCOVER) by Andrea Kleine

September 27, 2018

TWO SISTERS, SURVIVORS of a childhood crime, drift apart; one seeks a reconnection decades later. Dreamlike, yet wrenching. B PLUS

EDEN (HARDCOVER)
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
2018

Grade: B PLUS

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TACKY GOBLIN (PAPERBACK) by T. Sean Steele

September 23, 2018

WILD, HALLUCINATORY, HILARIOUS novel tells a slacker coming-of-age story with a hearty dose of the surreal. Creepy and fun! A MINUS

TACKY GOBLIN (PAPERBACK)
Unnamed Press
2018

Grade: A MINUS

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I DIDN'T TALK (PAPERBACK) by Beatriz Bracher

September 22, 2018

A POLITICAL PRISONER’S MEMORIES haunt him as he empties his house. Elegiac Brazilian novel explores the impact of the 1964-1985 dictatorship. B PLUS

I DIDN'T TALK (PAPERBACK)
New Directions Publishing Corporation
2018

Grade: B PLUS

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THE SHIPWRECK HUNTER (HARDCOVER) by David L. Mearns

September 20, 2018

A SHIPWRECK HUNTER’S MEMOIR casts light on his fascinating profession, and on the science and technology that make his work possible. B PLUS

THE SHIPWRECK HUNTER (HARDCOVER)
Pegasus Books
2018

Grade: B PLUS

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THE WITCH OF AVERY by Eliza Lockwood

September 17, 2018

A SMALL-TOWN WITCHCRAFT MYSTERY with a clever love/hate romance twist. Lots of charm, well plotted. B PLUS

THE WITCH OF AVERY
Kaeraz Publishing
2017

Grade: B PLUS

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THE WORD IS MURDER by Anthony Horowitz

September 15, 2018

INTRICATE THRILLER FINDS an appealing balance between glossy page-turner and metafiction. Great fun for mystery lovers. B PLUS

THE WORD IS MURDER
HARPERCOLLINS PUBLISHERS
2018

Grade: B PLUS

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THE REAL LOLITA (HARDCOVER) by Sarah Weinman

September 13, 2018

AT THE INTERSECTION OF TRUE CRIME and literature: wrenching and surprising discoveries on the trail of the real-life kidnapping that helped inspire Lolita. A MINUS

THE REAL LOLITA (HARDCOVER)
Ecco
2018

Grade: A MINUS

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APOCALYPSE CHILD (PAPERBACK) by Flor Edwards

September 9, 2018

A CULT-CENTERED CHILDHOOD, in the notorious Children of God, and a writer’s search for her own path afterwards. Thoughtful, touching memoir. SOLID B

APOCALYPSE CHILD (PAPERBACK)
Turner
2018

Grade: SOLID B

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THE MARS ROOM (HARDCOVER) by Rachel Kushner

September 8, 2018

A WOMAN’S LIFE IN PRISON, and all the dead ends that led her there. Brutally vivid novel captures despair. B PLUS

THE MARS ROOM (HARDCOVER)
Scribner
2018

Grade: B PLUS

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