FICTION ROUND-UP
New fiction by Donna Tartt, Charles Blackstone, Lucy Corin, Daniel Alarcón, and Susan Choi
By LARBOctober 30, 2013
At Night We Walk in Circles by Daniel Alarcón. Riverhead. 384 pages.
My Education by Susan Choi. Viking Adult. 304 pages.
One Hundred Apocalypses and Other Apocalypses by Lucy Corin. McSweeney’s. 192 pages.
The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt. Little, Brown and Company. 784 pages.
Vintage Attraction by Charles Blackstone. Pegasus. 336 pages.
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TODAY in the Fiction Round-Up we have four reviews of new fiction and an interview with Daniel Alarcón.
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The New Anti-Epic
Greg Cwik on Donna Tartt's The Goldfinch
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DANIEL OLIVAS and DANIEL ALARCÓN talk about his new novel, At Night We Walk in Circles
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Expedient Pairings
Sabra Embury on Charles Blackstone's Vintage Attraction
Sex Ed
Natasha Post Rosow on Susan Choi’s My Education
Boats Are in Trees and Photocopiers Are on the Beach
Nathan Deuel on Lucy Corin's One Hundred Apocalypses and Other Apocalypses
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