Sherlock Holmes
My Man Sherlock An admirer’s portrait of one of the greatest sleuths in literary history.By S. Kahn This a review of Sherlock Holme: Fiction and the Forms of Narrative commenced…
My Man Sherlock An admirer’s portrait of one of the greatest sleuths in literary history.By S. Kahn This a review of Sherlock Holme: Fiction and the Forms of Narrative commenced…
Elizabeth Costello by J.M. Coetzee Viking, 230 pp, $21.95 reviewed by Adam Eaker More philosophical meditation than novel, 2003 Nobel laureate J.M. Coetzee's newest book, Elizabeth Costello, is a tantalizing…
In response to Anita Brookner's third novel, critic Caryn James referred to what had at that point become “the predictable Anita Brookner heroine,” a stifled, passive woman resembling “a Victorian…
In his 1986 introduction to a set of Paris Review interviews, John Updike quoted Philip Roth: “What I want is to possess my readers while they are reading my book…
Comedian Steve Martin follows his successful, but less than noteworthy first novel “Shopgirl” with his highly entertaining “The Pleasure of my Company.” Any one who has seen “As Good as…
Cathleen Schine's latest novel, She is Me, borrows its title from arguably the most celebrated statement on inspiration. When asked about his model for Madame Bovary, Gustav Flaubert famously said,…
Ha Jin's new book, The Crazed, addresses a wide range of philosophical, moral, political, and historical issues, while maintaining a tight plot, lyrical style, and convincing, engaging characters. Jin uses…
In her second novel, The Autograph Man, Zadie Smith tells the story of a man infatuated with fame. Alex-Li Tandem is a collector of autographs, the timeless signatures of individuals…
The English writer and literary critic G. K. Chesterton once said, “A child of seven is excited by being told that Tommy opened a door and saw a dragon. But…
You can learn a lot about the gay gene discourse from the title of Robert Alan Brookey's new book. Specifically, two things deserve note: “invention” as the recurring process by…