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	"Imagination and fiction make up more than three-quarters of our real life." Simone Weil
	April 17, 2007
	THE PERFECT MAN by Naeem Murr Publisher: Random House Trade PB (April 2007) Reviewer: Poornima Apte Amazon readers rating: ? Identity, friendship, and a long-hidden crime lie at the heart of Naeem Murr’s captivating novel about five friends growing up in a small 1950s Missouri river town. A contender for the Man Booker Prize, this exhilarating story beautifully evokes the extreme joys, as well as the dark and shameful desires, of childhood. After reading Poornima's review, I highly suggest that you read the excerpt. (read review and excerpt)
	April 16, 2007
	PAULA SPENCER by Roddy Doyle Publisher: Viking Adult December 2006 Reviewer: Mary Whipple Amazon readers rating: from 5 reviews When Roddy Doyle published The Woman Who Walked into Doors in 1996, critics and readers alike hailed it tour de force of literary ventriloquism as it captures both the vulnerability and strength of a thirty-nine-year-old Dublin housewife with a fondness for drink. Now, Doyle triumphantly returns to Paula Spencer with the moving tale of her fight for a better future. (read review and excerpt)
	April 15, 2007
	THE SONG IS YOU by Megan Abbott Publisher: Simon & Schuster January 2007 Reviewer: Guy Savage Amazon readers rating: from 64 reviews "As a film noir fan, I can’t resist a well-written noir novel, and I was delighted to discover the gritty, dark and desolate tale, The Song Is You by Megan Abbott. The novel centers on the real-life unsolved mystery of Jean Spangler. Spangler, a model, dancer, and bit-part actress was just twenty-six years old when she vanished into the Hollywood vortex that claimed so many beautiful promising actresses. A few clues emerged..." (read review and excerpt)
	April 14, 2007
	THE WATCHMAN by Robert Crais Publisher: Simon & Schuster February 2007 Reviewer: Hagen Baye Amazon readers rating: from 64 reviews Joe Pike is at the center of the action as he throws himself into the dangerous job of protecting the life of a spoiled, rich federal witness. It just takes an ambush or two for the enigmatic Pike to realize that somebody inside is leaking information that could get him and his contrarian companion killed. To outwit the plotters, he takes matters into his own hands by "kidnapping" Larkin Conner Barkley with the help of Elvis Cole. (read review)
	April 12, 2007
	THE PALESTINIAN LOVER by Sélim Nassib Publisher: Europa Editions February 2007 Reviewer: Mary Whipple Amazon readers rating: from 1 review A subtle meditation on sex and politics in pre-statehood Israel, this slim novel expands on the legend that a young Golda Meir had an affair with Albert Pharaon, the heir to a Palestinian fortune. Set in 1920s Palestine. (read review)
	April 10, 2007
	VISIBILITY by Boris Starling Publisher: Dutton March 2007 Reviewer: Eleanor Bukowsky Amazon readers rating: from 3 reviews It’s the height of the Cold War, and as the Great Fog rolls in over London, a man meets his death in the icy shallows of the Long Water. Some say he was just drunk, wandering through Hyde Park. But for Scotland Yard’s new detective, Herbert Smith, the body will lead to a far more interesting trail when it’s discovered that the young victim’s death was no accident. He was a biochemist, and just hours before he died he had claimed to be in possession of a secret that could change the world. (read review)
	April 9, 2007
	BACK TO THE BADLANDS: CRIME WRITING IN THE USA by John Williams Publisher: Serpent's Tail February 2007 in PB Reviewer: Tony Ross Amazon readers rating: from 1 reviews In the summer of 1989 John Williams came to the States to search out the mythical America of modern crime fiction-to find James Ellroy's Los Angeles, Elmore Leonard's sleazy South Beach of Miami, Sara Paretsky's Chicago, and many others on a tour of the American underbelly. The result was Into the Badlands, a riveting collection of interviews. In 2005, Williams returned to update the book and ends up constructing a powerful, personal portrait of America today. (read review) CARDIFF DEAD by John Williams Publisher: Bloomsbury 2001 Reviewer: Tony Ross Amazon readers rating: from 2 reviews A page-turning mystery as funny as it is darkly atmospheric. Williams explores the dark side of city life-the prostitutes, the drug dealers, the crooked businessmen and the people just watching life, trying not to let it pass them by. (read review)
	April 7, 2007
	FLIGHT by Ginger Strand Publisher: Simon & Schuster May 2005 Reviewer: Guy Savage Amazon readers rating: from 16 reviews In her haunting debut novel, Flight, Ginger Strand creates an unforgettable portrait of a midwestern family navigating an indelibly changed world. (read review)

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