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October 26, 2005

15 Novels, 1 Story Collection

Tonight or tomorrow: I promise to answer some questions and give a brief France overview.

For now, in case you're looking for something to read, here are some random books I like: all novels except the last. All of them are glittering little gems from various years; all are nicely oddball and extremely special.

(Top Row): Graham Joyce, THE TOOTH FAIRY; Stephen Millhauser, EDWIN MULLHOUSE; Elizabeth McCracken, THE GIANT'S HOUSE; and Matthew Stadler, ALLAN STEIN.
(Middle Row): Ken Siman, PIZZA FACE; Mitch Cullin, TIDELAND; Howard Buten, WHEN I WAS FIVE I KILLED MYSELF; and Barbara Gowdy, THE WHITE BONE.
(Third Row): Travis Jeppesen, VICTIMS; Iain Banks, THE WASP FACTORY; Evelyn Lau, FRESH GIRLS (well, sort of a novel-in-stories, I guess); and Steve Weiner, THE MUSEUM OF LOVE.
(Bottom Row): Poppy Z. Brite, DRAWING BLOOD; Laura Kasischke, SUSPICIOUS RIVER; Zachary Lazar, AARON, APPROXIMATELY; and Kelly Link, STRANGER THINGS HAPPEN.

PS-- based on these (and other books I've mentioned in the past) as a kind of all-over-the-place evidence of my tastes, if anyone has other novels to recommend, I'd love to hear about them....