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Helen Garner returns to fiction to write a story that could have easily found itself on the non-fiction shelf. »
Tim Winton's maturity and mastery of craft enable him to choose the most basic material for every element of his art, thus producing a masterpiece. »
A more accurate title might be Uncle Bob's Best Bits for Boys and Girls of All Ages, or Carr's Bumper Book of Blurbs. »
Davies has been lauded as an accomplished short story writer and, now, a successful novelist. »
Georgia Blain trades the fictional narrative of her earlier work for an honest memoir, set against the backdrop of Australian suburbia »
In this wartime tale of tortured genius, human frailty and death, Janna Lavin weaves together a story of two of the twentieth century's finest minds. »
As America ponders on whether the White House is any place for a woman, it's a timely moment to rewind 2,050 years. »
This former Lonely Planet author has written a behind-the-scenes memoir which purports to expose the reality of life as a guidebook writer »
Throughout history, society has wrestled with the question of cleanliness, with different ages and cultures arriving at vastly different conclusions. »
A fictionalised account of the Roman poet Catullus's most noted love affair »
He's one of England's finest legal minds, but Robert Purcell is a pompous weasel in need of a come-uppance. »
Set in south London in 1859, this purports to be the posthumously published diary of a bookbinder's wife, Dora. »
Steven Totlz's first novel seems to be worth every red cent of of his much publicised $100,000 advance »
Serious Things leaps back and forth in the life of Bruno Jackson »
Even with his historian's hat on, Baker writes like a novelist, rejecting straightforwardness for a pastiche »
Sadie Jones has written a very assured debut and created an impressively sympathetic portrait of a troubled teenager. »
Victor Serge's final novel, Unforgiving Years, is one of the more harrowing stories to come out of the Second World War »
Though Foreskin's Lament is sometimes depressing, it's mostly just very, very funny »
Against the tide of well-structured guidebooks to packaged luxury, Don Watson's strangely wonderful American Journeys reflects on his haphazard experiences across less travelled roads in the land of the freeway »
Julie Myerson's seventh novel resembles a childhood romp »
Scandinavians love their crime writing, and it seems the Europeans love Scandinavian crime writers »
Harold Cleaver just wants to try to shut his big mouth »
Edgar Freemantle moves to the Florida outpost of the title to convalesce after a horrific accident which has left him with one arm. »
Steve Martin's memoir about his rise from obscurity to platinum-record fame »
Kunzru's book, which shifts between a man's staid suburban present and his radical London past, resists labels. »
Michael Pollan raised some thorny questions about what to eat in The Omnivore's Dilemma. He answers them all on the first page of his new book, In Defense of Food. »
Between 1973 and 1982, the time frame for these journals, Joyce Carol Oates published 28 books. »
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