Fiction Archives
So Long, See You Tomorrow, William Maxwell - William Maxwell may be the best American writer you've never heard of. He wouldn't care. ''Why should I let best-seller lists spoil a happy life?'
So Much Pretty, Cara Hoffman - “So Much Pretty,” a first novel by Cara Hoffman, is ugly stuff.   And it reads ugly.   No other way to say it: “So Much Pr
So Much Pretty: Cara Hoffman on Love, Sex and Common Enemies -  Cara Hoffman’s debut novel, "So Much Pretty," is a nasty, ugly book --- a literary thriller about a missing girl who’s fou
Somerset Maugham: Of Human Bondage - The day broke gray and dull. The clouds hung heavily, and there was a rawness in the air that suggested snow.
Stuff Happens, David Hare - The play opened in London, where it caused a stir. Now it's running in New York, where lots of people I know immediately rushed to see it.
Sum: Forty Tales from the Afterlives , David Eagleman - It took David Eagleman seven years to write the 40 mini-stories in “Sum.” And not because he has an Important Day Job, though he does ---
Surrender, Dorothy, Meg Wolitzer - Ever want to read a good book, but not a great one?
Sutton, J.R. Moehringer - It’s not that I couldn’t put down J.R. Moehringer’s The Tender Bar.
T. C. (Coraghessan) Boyle - Guest Butler Ann Connery Frantz won the Dr. Neila Seshachari Award in 2010 for best fiction for her short story, Samaritan.
Tell Me A Riddle, Tillie Olsen - Her father escaped from a Russian prison and, smartly, fled to the United States.
Temptation, Douglas Kennedy - After some of these days, I’d give a lot for a quick, mindless read.
Testimony, Anita Shreve - A million years ago, I wrote a piece for the New York Times Magazine about a murder at Yale.
The Manny, Holly Peterson - It's easy to hate Holly Peterson. She was born rich --- her father, a lord of the Blackstone Group, is said to be worth $1.9 billion.
The 'Snopes' Trilogy (continued), William Faulkner - Wow, did I set off a bomb yesterday, or what? For those who missed it --- or those who were here but thought nothing was awry --- I suggested tha
The Art of Racing in the Rain, Garth Stein - At a publishing party, I was chatting with a literary agent who's one of the titans of this troubled business. “In the last year, can you name a
The Ask, Sam Lipsyte - If a novel is 296 pages and 200 pages of it produce more laughs per page than anything you’ve read since Shining City and it costs $16.50 o
The Cat's Table, Michael Ondaatje - Guest Butler Elizabeth Benedict is the author of five novels and The Joy of Writing Sex: A Guide for Fiction Writers.
The Chocolate War, Robert Cormier - What do we do about banned books? Why, we read them right away, don't we? That is, if we are Good Citizens and Concerned Readers.
The Driver's Seat, Muriel Spark - There is no writer more despicable than the reviewer who spoils a book by revealing significant plot points. But what do you call a novelist who begin
The Extraordinary Adventures of Arsene Lupin, Maurice LeBlanc - Arsene Lupin --- you know him not, but to generations of European readers he was the French Sherlock Holmes.