New & Notable Fiction: April 2012

by Patrick Flanery

Complex in theme, complex in narrative, this is a masterful literary exploration of the specter of conscience and the... Full review >

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by Robert Olmstead

An exceptionally fine study of love, war and the double-edged role of memory, which can both sustain and destroy.... Full review >

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by Ron Rash

Even better than the bestselling Serena (2008), for here Rash has elevated melodrama to tragedy. Full review >

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by Larry Bond

Iran’s nuclear ambitions are prominent in the news. That makes this novel a perfectly timed, first-class read. Full review >

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by Melanie Thorne

Failed by the adults in her life and forced to be the grown-up when she should be experiencing first dates and football... Full review >

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by Charlotte Rogan

The lifeboat becomes a compelling, if almost overly crafted, microcosm of a dangerous larger world in which only the strong... Full review >

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by S.G. Browne

A funky little action comedy that whips enough social satire and ethical dilemmas on readers to enlighten while it... Full review >

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by Nadine Gordimer

Gordimer writes movingly and piercingly about the struggles after the Struggle. Full review >

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by Anne Korkeakivi

With this seemingly slight day-in-the-life tale, Korkeakivi produces a knowing comedy of manners, a politically charged... Full review >

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by Cristina Comencini

A director and screenwriter as well as a novelist, Comencini is adept at creating an extraordinary portrait of... Full review >

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by Alex Adams

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by Graham Swift

Profound empathy and understated eloquence mark a novel so artfully nuanced that the last few pages send the reader back to... Full review >

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by Anna Dean

The third in Dean’s series is another delight, complete with perfect regency prose and an excellent mystery. Full review >

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by Kristín Ómarsdóttir & translated by Lytton Smith

This is the first of Icelandic author Ómarsdóttir’s novels to appear in English, and it shouldn’t be the last. Somewhere in... Full review >

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