Thursday, April 29, 2010

Review Thursday: Fiction Staff Picks

Looking for some great new fiction to recommend? Check out the Fiction Department's latest picks for great fiction!

The Year of the Flood by Margaret Atwood (2009)

Ren and Toby, two women who have survived the plague known as the “waterless flood”, look back on the choices they’ve made and attend to their future survival.



Unfinished Desires by Gail Godwin (2009)

By reviving an old play at their Catholic school in the 1950s, two girls raise questions about the past and dramatically change their own futures.

Family Album by Penelope Lively (2009)

Serious problems lurk under the picturesque surface of a big family in an old house outside London.



The City & The City by China MiƩville (2009)

Inspector Tyador Borlu of the city of Beszel must solve a difficult murder – one that seems linked to Ul Qoma, another city which exists in the same physical location as Beszel but is forbidden to interact with it.

The Humbling by Philip Roth

A 65-year-old failing actor hopes a romance with a 40-year-old woman will revitalize him.

The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters (2009)

On his visits to the residents of a crumbling mansion named Hundreds Hall, Dr. Faraday witnesses phenomena that shake his belief that hauntings cannot exist.

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