Books
Drawing from the darker side
Daniel Clowes' latest book, "Wilson," is heavy reading. As in, it weighs about as much as the Yellow Pages.
Dark nostalgia
Author Domenic Stansberry's acclaimed novels portray North Beach as a neighborhood with a heavy Italian ambience and a lot of secrets.
Steeped in history
Christi Phillips isn't a literal time traveler, but she does go back and forth across centuries in "The Rossetti Letter" and "The Devlin Diary."
Switching gears
Aryn Kyle won over critics and readers with her debut novel, "The God of Animals," and now expectations are high. Her follow-up, a short-story collection, is in stores now.
Teacher, dad, graphic novelist
Gene Luen Yang's graphic novel "Prime Baby" combines relationships, science fiction and math.
A marvel
"The Clock Without a Face" is a house-shaped board book chock full of mystery, humor and stunning artwork.
Freedom and feminism
In "Island Beneath the Sea," Isabel Allende tells the story of a slave and concubine in Haiti at the turn of the 19th century. Review.
TV writer lightens up life story
Truth is stranger than fiction, as the adage goes - and Tracy McMillan, author of "I Love You and I'm Leaving You Anyway," knows that well.
Court: 'Rye' similar to Salinger's
Author unlikely to win approval to publish his novel in the U.S., because it is substantially similar to "The Catcher in the Rye."
Week: 05.16.10
- the help
by Kathryn Stockett - island beneath the sea
by Isabel Allende - dead in the family
by Charlaine Harris - innocent
by Scott Turow - the double comfort safari club
by Alexander McCall Smith
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