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New Books for SummerPatrick deWitt and James Boice are reinventing the novel with blunt force 5/16/2011, 12:01 AM |
New Esquire Fiction to Read Right NowEsquire presents a short story by Daniel Woodrell, the author of Winter's Bone and Tomato Red 4/8/2011, 2:07 PM |
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Where Did the Sex Novels Go?At some point, young fiction writers largely abandoned sex as an area of concern. It's time to change that. 2/2/2011, 12:58 PM |
First Look at Elmore Leonard's New NovelSomali pirates, the Pittsburgh Pirates, underwater demolition men, CNN, a movie, and a bullet between the eyes — all without bad guys 10/11/2010, 8:24 AM |
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Jesus Out to SeaWhen Katrina came to Louisiana five years ago, she peeled the face off a city that was already gone. 8/22/2010, 9:35 PM |
Franzen's Great American Novel?Whatever else it is, the author's follow-up to The Corrections is one great slab of a book, at a time when most books have given up on greatness. 8/11/2010, 3:50 PM |
First Look at The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's NestAs the final novel in his Millennium trilogy, the book follows the author's heroine — struggling after taking a bullet to the head — as she finishes her juicy quest for justice 5/21/2010, 10:29 AM |
First Look at The Pregnant WidowThe author's latest novel is the best thing he's written since last decade. Plus, it's full of attractive people and a swimming pool. 5/20/2010, 10:32 AM |
First Look at Less Than Zero SequelIn Imperial Bedrooms, the author reintroduces the characters from his classic. Twenty-five years later, read an exclusive excerpt of the same drug-addled despair. 5/19/2010, 10:15 AM |
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Is American Fiction Killing the Tough Guy?Lee Child's Jack Reacher is literature's latest Chandler-esque protagonist. Can he live up this legacy? 5/7/2010, 10:34 AM |
Esquire Fiction: "Just Before the Black"Author (and actor) James Franco offers this story about how it's only right before you die that you know you're living 3/24/2010, 8:00 AM |
The 12 Authors Every Man Must KnowAnd their one book you must read, from Stephen King to Shakespeare 3/2/2010, 8:00 AM |
Somebody Please Get Don DeLillo a DrinkHe pretty much predicted 9/11. Now, after years of war in Iraq and Afghanistan, he's predicting our final doom in Point Omega. But a few laughs along the way wouldn't hurt. 1/27/2010, 12:44 PM |
Adam Haslett's Union Atlantic Prologue: Exclusive ExcerptThe first great novel of the new century is about us, now. Read the beginning of a big, ambitious book about fending off financial collapse. 11/10/2009, 8:58 AM |
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