All hail "No Country for Old Men," but with Cormac McCarthy's novel you feel the real heat.
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Rant: An Oral Biography of Buster Casey
Palahnuik moves ambitiously from fight club to crash club to time travel to metaphor city, with mixed results.
The Last Novel
David Markham has a way of ensuring he's never confused with any other living novelist.
A Quiet Life
Kenzaburo Oe's writing depends on the trials and tribulations of his damaged son.
Out Stealing Horses
A trauma makes World War II come back strong to an aging Norwegian in Per Petterson's quiet triumph.
The Culture Code
Why the hell do Americans do the silly things they do? Marketing guru Clotaire Rapaille has some (no, many) thoughts.
Blue Arabesque: A Search for the Sublime
Awareness of the sublime can hit you suddenly, in a gallery say. Patricia Hampl recommends eyes wide open.
The Pirates Laffite
Homeland Security is nothing new, if your consider the pirates of New Orleans.
The Adventures of Augie March
Bellow's masterpiece, while all about mid-century America, was actually written mostly in Rome — and it shows.
Ravelstein
Paris, Rome, Chicago; jet-setting or shooting the breeze, Abe Ravelstein is never at a loss for words.
Daddy Dearest
Joyce Carol Oates may say she’s writing about Depression children, but don’t be fooled — again.
This Peace
Thomas Mann's presaging of cultural laziness and war to come is still stinging.