I'm running out of clever headlines for Friday Finds posts. Maybe you can help?
The Improper Life of Bezellia Grove, by Susan Gregg Gilmore, was a win from
Raging Bibliomania. It looks awesome! Thanks Heather!
The Dubious Salvation of Jack V., by Jacques Strauss, is a comic coming of age story set in South Africa. I think it's about to get un-comic soon, but we'll see. It came for review from FSG.
Good Offices, by Evelio Rosero, is an interesting-looking, small book from New Directions, a favorite publisher of mine, that I picked up at my local indie Porter Square Books, along with
The Truth About Marie, by Jean-Philippe Toussaint, from the Dalkey Archive press. It has my name in the title, so I have to read it.
Death and the Penguin came from Melville House, along with
The Train, by Georges Simenon, as a thank-you for completing the Art of the Novella Challenge. Thank you, Melville House! I really want to read both but I'm particularly looking forward to
Death and the Penguin. It's a Russian crime novel with a comic twist, and a book I was going to request for review anyway. Sweet!
Finally, I found
My Friend Sancho, by Amit Varma, a fun-looking detective novel, at the Harvard Book Store. This book is set in India and just looks like a good time.
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You had a good week in books! I got The Dubious Salvation of Jack V a few weeks ago and I think it looks great! Enjoy!
ReplyDeleteLots of good things there. I was really excited to be able to get my hands on The Hottest Dishes of the Tartar cuisine the other day, and I had remembered your review when I came across it. I think the next one that I will be buying off the list of your recommendations will be Hygiene and the Assassin. I think you will really like The Improper Life of Bezellia Grove. It was surprisingly sturdy and very deep. Have a great weekend!
ReplyDeleteThe last four all made me curious! :D
ReplyDeleteDeath and the Penguin looks like a winner..love the cover.
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