Fiction

"Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities. Truth isn't." — Mark Twain

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  Fictional Forays to a Familiarly Exotic China

  There are enough horrors in China’s past to sate any reader’s appetite.

  Pierre FullerNov 26, 2014

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• Politics and Pool in Providence

  J.J. Partridge keeps "the new new and the familiar familiar, while inhabiting the setting with the idiosyncrasy of real life and changing times."

  Edwin HillNov 26, 2014

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  • Noir

• Say No!

  Carlene Bauer on Darcey Steinke’s 'Sister Golden Hair'

  Carlene BauerNov 25, 2014

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• My Father the Superspy

  Ha Jin's novel moves beyond the ideological certainties of typical Cold War spy novels.

  Paul FrenchNov 21, 2014

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• Summer of 1972

  Pat Verducci on "If I Knew You Were Going to Be This Beautiful, I Never Would Have Let You Go."

  Pat VerducciNov 20, 2014

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• The Roughneck’s Lament

  Would you want to spend your leisure time with this kind of darkness?

  Keith RawsonNov 19, 2014

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  • Noir

• The Apotheosis of Envy

  "Malice" is both a "well-written, well-plotted police procedural" and "the story of two writers."

  Neda SemnaniNov 18, 2014

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  • Noir

• The Hilarity of Evil

  Morten Høi Jensen on 'The Zone of Interest' by Martin Amis.

  Morten Høi JensenNov 18, 2014

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• I Am Revolted from the Inside

  Kyle McCarthy on Hilary Mantel and 'The Assassination of Margaret Thatcher'

  Kyle McCarthyNov 16, 2014

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  On John Williams’s Novel “Augustus”: A Conversation

  Not even "Augustus" brought John Williams the attention he deserved in his lifetime.

  Charles J. Shields, William GiraldiNov 16, 2014

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  A Funny Process

  Charles Shafaieh interviews Colm Tóibín on "Nora Webster"

  Charles ShafaiehNov 15, 2014

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  We’re in This Barroom Brawl Together

  Miriam Toews on the Fiction of Grief and Comedy

  Christine Fischer GuyNov 14, 2014

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