:quality(75)/https%3A%2F%2Fassets.lareviewofbooks.org%2Fuploads%2F201501Lolita-Cover.jpg)
A Portrait of the Young Girl: On the 60th Anniversary of "Lolita" Part I — An Interview Series
An interview series dedicated to the imagery of Lolita and the young girl.
Fiction
"Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities. Truth isn't." — Mark Twain
“The Strange Territory of That Room”
Kevin Allardice reviews 'The Absolution of Roberto Acestes' Laing by Nicholas Rombes
Ashes to Ashes
In "Neverhome," Laird Hunt has created a distinct and mesmerizing character who narrates a story that is part American history and part allegory, part reality and part dream.
A Phase-Shifted Reflection
Contributor Kevin Thomas’ Horn! Review of "Crystal Eaters" by Shane Jones.
A Static Form of Remembrance
Simon Critchley’s first novel is a postmodern, virulently metafictional blend of essay, autobiography, apocalyptic revelation, and historical examination.
The Cozy in the Closet: Josh Lanyon’s Holmes and Moriarity Series
"Christopher Holmes himself, that detective who is not the detective you expect, is out of the closet — and yet still often in its shadow, both actually and metaphorically."
Prying: Jhave on Tender Claws’ New App
Jhave on "Pry," an interactive multimedia fiction — an iOS app by Tender Claws, the duo Danny Cannizzaro and Samantha Gorman.
The Laurel Canyon Story
"Los Angeles is, in my humble opinion, the origin point of some of America’s greatest fiction, past and present."
A Dirty Baker’s Dozen: My 13 Favorite Crime Novels of 2014
Woody Haut's favorite crime novels of 2014.
Name Your Poison: A Brief, Highly Subjective History of Culinary Crime
"Readers will never look at a duck press the same way again."
Notes on a Native Daughter: Joan Didion at 80
Because Tom Wolfe and because James Baldwin and Hunter S. Thompson and Michael Herr, but because Didion most of all, an American essay today without the sudden and revelatory personal aside is hardly an American essay at all.
Albania’s Prophet of the Surveillance State
Like all serious novels, "Twilight of the Eastern Gods" is a novel of history.
:quality(75)/https%3A%2F%2Fassets.lareviewofbooks.org%2Fuploads%2F201409Crystal-Eaters.jpg)
:quality(75)/https%3A%2F%2Fassets.lareviewofbooks.org%2Fuploads%2F201412somebodykillededitor.jpg)
:quality(75)/https%3A%2F%2Fassets.lareviewofbooks.org%2Fuploads%2F201412david-kukoff-clr-blk-lthr.jpg)
:quality(75)/https%3A%2F%2Fassets.lareviewofbooks.org%2Fuploads%2F201412death-instinct.jpg)
:quality(75)/https%3A%2F%2Fassets.lareviewofbooks.org%2Fuploads%2F201412Rex-Stout-cover-.jpg)
:quality(75)/https%3A%2F%2Fassets.lareviewofbooks.org%2Fuploads%2F201412Joan-Didion.jpg)