Super Sad True Love Story – Gary Shteyngart
“Shteyngart is Saul Bellow’s closest relative: the guardian of both the immigrant novel and the American novel, a writer of prose as moving and precise as any currently being written.”
The More I Owe You – Michael Sledge
“Sledge’s mistake is in trying to get so close to Bishop he loses her altogether.”
The Lonely Polygamist – Brady Udall
“The Lonely Polygamist is a darkly funny family drama at turns devastating, thoughtful, hilarious and sublime.”
“I like my promises kept, especially when they’re made by people I trust.”
Strange Science Fantasy – Scott Morse, Paul Pope
“It stands on the shoulders of a comic book past often talked about but rarely incorporated into modern graphic storytelling.”
Milo Burke is a misanthrope, a hater’s hater, and America, with its soggy yellow eyes and faded dream, has nothing left to offer him.
The Imperfectionists – Tom Rachman
“With rampant factual inaccuracies, an ever-shrinking readership, and an office best known for its dirty carpeting, most of the staff is beginning to wonder why the paper is even in existence.”
“Ian McEwan’s novels are usually refreshingly humane. Solar is not.”
The Gin Closet – Leslie Jamison
“Stella, a twenty-something in the City, frustrated with the repeated self-injury of her vapid community, steps out of her own life and tries to enact something realer.”
“A vivid battle takes place between Tim and his Id, and the dialogue between the two becomes darkly humorous as Tim struggles to discern his body from his mind from his soul.”