Review: ‘Can’t and Won’t’ by Lydia Davis
Lydia Davis is back with a new book, her first since 2009's "Collected Stories" met with the acclaim that had long been her due. "Can't and Won't" is a collection...
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Review: ‘Can’t and Won’t’ by Lydia Davis
Lydia Davis is back with a new book, her first since 2009's "Collected Stories" met with the acclaim that had long been her due. "Can't and Won't" is a collection...
Thrillers reviewed
Pandemic by Scott Sigler, Crown, 592 pages, $26 When George Romero popularized zombies in the '60s, they were straightforwardly a trope for Cold War anxieties. They trudged and lurched, as...
Thrillers reviewed
Pandemic by Scott Sigler, Crown, 592 pages, $26 When George Romero popularized zombies in the '60s, they were straightforwardly a trope for Cold War anxieties. They trudged and lurched, as...
Review: ‘Bark’ by Lorrie Moore
Your marriage ends badly, your kid is distant, your dating life is pathetic, the sex is awkward, a friend has cancer. That's life. Your marriage ends in a psychotic breakdown,...
Review: ‘Bark’ by Lorrie Moore
Your marriage ends badly, your kid is distant, your dating life is pathetic, the sex is awkward, a friend has cancer. That's life. Your marriage ends in a psychotic breakdown,...
Review: ‘The Twilight of the American Enlightenment’ by George Marsden
A strange book. George Marsden, Bancroft Prize-winning author of "Jonathan Edwards: A Life" (2003), surveys postwar liberalism and its discontents in order "to reflect upon the problem of how American...
Review: ‘The Twilight of the American Enlightenment’ by George Marsden
A strange book. George Marsden, Bancroft Prize-winning author of "Jonathan Edwards: A Life" (2003), surveys postwar liberalism and its discontents in order "to reflect upon the problem of how American...
Review: ‘Cockroaches’ by Jo Nesbo
What is it with Scandinavians? They've got the highest quality of life in the world, thanks to a non-insane attitude toward social welfare and state paternalism. They have sublime landscapes...
Review: ‘Shovel Ready’ by Adam Sternbergh
Adam Sternbergh's debut novel, "Shovel Ready," is awesome. I know that's not a real professional-critic type lead, but I figure once you hear the plot description — garbageman turns hit...