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Review: ‘Shark’ by Will Self

Last August, British author Will Self wrote in the Guardian that his new novel, "Shark," was in part influenced by the classic Spielberg film "Jaws." "I had begun by thinking...
Jessie Burton's debut novel, "The Miniaturist," looks at the life of a newlywed living in 17th century Amsterdam, where her husband creates a cabinet replica of their house.

Review: ‘The Miniaturist’ by Jessie Burton

Jessie Burton, a British actor turned fiction writer, takes inspiration for her debut novel from a curiosity cabinet on display at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. Built in the late 17th...
Stephan Eirik Clark's thought-provoking novel, "Sweetness #9," looks at how one artificial sweetener with side effects impacts the lives of its creator's family and the lives of Americans.

Review: ‘Sweetness #9’ by Stephan Eirik Clark

Time will tell if the literary equivalent of the lightning strike that catapulted Edan Lepucki's "California" to best-sellerdom will work its magic on Stephan Eirik Clark's debut novel as well....
Richard House's ambitious four-book novel, "The Kills," captures Halliburton-size intrigue amid the ruins of Iraq.

Review: ‘The Kills’ by Richard House

Literary settings often ride the rails of history, so now that we're deep into our second decade of involvement in Iraq, more novelists are setting their stories in the rough...
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Review: ‘The Vacationers’ by Emma Straub

Surely, when Tolstoy wrote that "every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way" he was thinking about the myriad of ways family members and friends, their suitcases stuffed with...