June 11-17, 1999


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Articles and Features


Postmodern P.I. by Jesse Sublett

Hard-boiled detective writer Dennis Lehane talks about why it's easy to believe his protagonist Patrick Kenzie (unlike all those other brooding postmodern Marlowes).



Book Reviews

Summer Reading reviews continued:

  • For the Relief of Unbearable Urges: Stories by Nathan Englander
  • The Metaphysical Touch by Sylvia Brownrigg
  • Battle Creek: A Novel by Scott Lasser
  • Such a Pretty, Pretty Girl by Winston Groom
  • Clear Springs: A Memoir by Bobbie Ann Mason


News and Author Signings

Postscripts by Clay Smith

Book news, signings, and author appearances this week.


Off the Bookshelf

Short reviews of recently published books, plus this week's top 10 local bestsellers from a different local bookstore every week.



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