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SONG OF SOLOMON

by Toni Morrison

The gut-soul of Roots, with which this will be recklessly, inevitably linked, and a handsome display of a major talent. Full review >

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THE ROAD

by Cormac McCarthy

A novel of horrific beauty, where death is the only truth. Full review >

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A VISIT FROM THE GOON SQUAD

by Jennifer Egan

Another ambitious change of pace from talented and visionary Egan, who reinvents the novel for the 21st century while... Full review >

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GILEAD

by Marilynne Robinson

Robinson has composed, with its cascading perfections of symbols, a novel as big as a nation, as quiet as thought, and... Full review >

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