August 24, 2005
The links
Ed has read Chuck Klosterman, and he's not very happy about it.
The First Post, a new British online magazine leads with John Irving's book reviewer-bashing.
- C. Max Magee @ 7:38 AM ~
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The "staff picks" shelf in any good independent bookstore is a treasure trove of book recommendations. Unmoored from media hype and even timeliness, books are championed by trusted fellow readers. With many bookselling alums in our ranks, we offer our own "Staff Picks" in a feature appearing irregularly.
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Then We Came to the End by Joshua Ferris
Botany of Desire by Michael Pollan
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Lost City Radio by Daniel Alarcon ***1/2
Bowl of Cherries by Millard Kaufman ****1/2
The Biggest Game in Town by A. Alvarez ****
Last One In by Nicholas Kulish **
Dishwasher by Pete Jordan **1/2
Winter's Tale by Mark Helprin *****
The Old Patagonian Express by Paul Theroux ****1/2
The Cottagers by Marshall N. Klimasewiski *
Blue Taxi by N. S. Koenings 1/2
One Good Turn by Kate Atkinson **1/2
Encounters with the Archdruid by John McPhee ****1/2
The O. Henry Prize Stories 2006 ****
Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth by Chris Ware ***
English Passengers by Matthew Kneale ***
Looking for a Ship by John McPhee ****1/2
The Heart is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers ****
The Spy Who Came in from the Cold by John Le Carre ****1/2
White Earth by Andrew McGahan ***1/2
Crossing California by Adam Langer ***1/2
