Tag Archives: Literary
The Great Pint-Pulling Olympiad
by Roger Boylan“Boylan’s narrative resembles Joyce at his comically prolix best, with a similar appetite for vernacular nuance and pop allusion.” –The Village Voice
Goodbye Tsugumi
by Banana Yoshimoto“Yoshimoto’s words are considered, and each of them has the weight of a small, perfectly round stone dropped into a still pool. . ….
Goodbye, Goodness
by Sam Brumbaugh“Goodbye, Goodness is the rock “n” roll Great Gatsby. The American dream, slaughtered during the indie-rock nineties by an author who lived it. ….
Goodnight, Beautiful Women
by Anna NoyesAn electrifying debut by sensational new literary talent Anna Noyes, Goodnight, Beautiful Women surveys the residents of small New England coastal towns in tales…
Gould’s Book of Fish
by Richard Flanagan“What’s memorable–even extraordinary–about this book are Flanagan’s aphoristic talent, his imagination and his uncanny ability to channel the Rabelaisian voices of the great picaresque…
The Good Doctor
by Damon Galgut“Like most elements of this slim, absorbing novel set in post-apartheid South Africa, the title is ambiguous. The narrator, Frank, is a doctor, but,…
The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ
by Philip PullmanIn this spellbinding and fiercely subversive retelling of the life of Jesus, a best-selling, award-winning writer reimagines the most influential story ever told.
A Good Man
by Guy Vanderhaeghe“Vivid . . . A love story, a thriller, a Conradian meditation on courage and manhood, and a thoughtful examination of the origins of…
The Good Parents
by Joan London…an astonishing number of stories ranging through three generations of an Australian family. Presented with economy and nimble interleaving, they pivot around a central mystery. . . . in its many parts and layers [The Good Parents] is completely absorbing from start to finish.” —Katherine A. Powers, The Boston Globe…
