April 2007 Highlights
“A good book is the precious life-blood of a master-spirit, embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life.” John Milton
Fiction1. Winterton Blue (2007) / Trezza Azzopardi
2. The Ministry of Special Cases (2007) / Nathan Englander
3. King Henry (2007) / Douglas Galbraith
4. The Custodian of Paradise (2007) / Wayne Johnston
5. Day (2007) / A.L. Kennedy
6. The Sirens of Baghdad (2007) / Yasmina Khadra (trans. from the French by John Cullen)
7. With My Little Eye (2007) / Francis King
8. Hospital (2007) / Toby Litt
9. On Chesil Beach (2007) / Ian McEwan
10. South of the River (2007) / Blake Morrison
11. Coal Black Horse (2007) / Robert Olmstead
12. Angelica (2007) / Arthur Phillips
13. Black & White (2007) / Dani Shapiro
14. Body Surfing (2007) / Anita Shreve
15. The Visible World (2007) / Mark Slouka
16. Tomorrow (2007) / Graham Swift
17. Returning: Three Novels (2007) / D.J. Taylor
18. Death of a Murderer (2007) / Rupert Thomson
19. Seizure (2007) / Erica Wagner
Stories1. Riptide: New Writing from the Highlands and Islands (2007) / Sharon Blackie and David Knowles (eds.)
2. Insomnia (2007) / Aamer Hussein
3. Transparency (2007) / Frances Hwang
Poetry
1. The Face of It (Carcanet Press, 2007) / R.F. Langley
2. My Body: New and Selected Poems (Hanging Loose Press, 2007) / Joan Larkin
3. Halflife (2007) / Meghan O’Rourke
4. Like Something Flying Backwards: New and Selected Poems (2007) / C.D. Wright
5. Fetch (Salt, 2007) / Tamar Yoseleff
Nonfiction1. Political Ideas in the Romantic Age: Their Rise and Influence on Modern Thought (2007) / Isaiah Berlin
2. The Pursuit of Glory: Europe 1648-1815 (2007)/ Tim Blanning
3. Reading Life: Books for the Ages (2007) / Sven Birkerts
4. India After Gandhi: The History of the World’s Largest Democracy (2007) / Ramachandra Guha
5. Eagle Pond (2007) / Donald Hall
6. Inventing English: A Portable History of the Language (2007) / Seth Lerer
7. The Mistress’s Daughter (2007) / A.M. Homes
8. The River Queen (2007) / Mary Morris
9. Ralph Ellison: A Biography (2007) / Arnold Rampersad
posted by Eric Forbes at 6:22 AM
7 Comments:
Don't leave out Toby Litt's Hospital. I'm reading the first chapters already.
And yes - Toby Litt's Hospital, of course. How could I have forgotten!
Thanks for putting in Toby's upcoming book. You know, from April on, when the books are here in KL, I'll be spending hundreds!!!
H is for hospital.
Wonder what G will be for?
Thanks for reminding me of these must-reads.
G is for Ghost Story.
H is for Hospital.
I is for I ...
The cover of "Seizure" sure seized my attention. Great photo for a wonderful cover - excellent example of an arresting bookcover. Am I repeating myself? Am I repeating myself? ;-)
Seizure is Erica Wagner's first novel. She published a collection of stories back in 1997. I have heard wonderful things about it. And I think the cover is great too.
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