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Dangerous Liaisons [2]
A blind man can see what a good writer Amy Bloom is.
— Marion Winik, AUSTIN CHRONICLE
 

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Inside Story [3]
In "A&R," Bill Flanagan offers an often compelling portrayal of the recording industry's unsavory underbelly.
— Matt Ashare, THE BOSTON PHOENIX
 
Flashman Returns [4]
"Flashman and the Tiger" finds novelist George MacDonald Fraser's lusty, coarse adventurer Sir Harry Flashman at his womanizing, politically incorrect best.
— Clea Simon, THE BOSTON PHOENIX
 
True Story: A Novel [5]
Tracking the fortunes and failures of five aspiring stand-up comics of varying ages and talent levels.
— Stuart Wade, AUSTIN CHRONICLE
 
Voices Carry [6]
Dermot Healy's is an astonishing voice, clear as a bell, that rings in the mind for months after you read him.
— Ray Pride, NEWCITY CHICAGO
 
Cake Walk [7]
A cool way to pass a hot afternoon.
— Christine Wald-Hopkins, TUCSON WEEKLY
 

Now What? [10]
Love to read? Need some clever ideas? Our library of resources and staff picks are guaranteed to turn on plenty of mental light bulbs via your electrified eye sockets.
— WEEKLY WIRE
 

my Bloom's easygoing empathy for the situations and characters who inhabit her stories make them an epiphany to read -- and her unfailing wit makes them a pleasure.

"A&R" is the music-industry equivalent of a John Grisham legal thriller, providing a reasonably accurate picture of what goes on behind closed doors.

June Jordan's emerging sense of herself as a "warrior," of being armed and toughened up for a battle, colors every episode of her childhood, from her early memories of the Harlem housing projects to her coming-of-age in a more upscale Brooklyn neighborhood.

Also, the return of Sir Harry Flashman, Bill Maher's first novel, and more.

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Soldier: A Poet's Childhood [8]
Poets, we like to think, are pacifists at heart, but their lives often give the opposite impression.
— Craig Arnold, AUSTIN CHRONICLE
 
Boogie Rites [9]
Cultural scholars hustle to discover whatever happened to the '70s.
— Jeff Yanc, TUCSON WEEKLY
 

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