Memoirs of Vidocq: Master of Crime

Almost 150 years after the death of François Eugène Vidocq, criminal investigators of all stripes still follow his basic methods of detection. Likewise, all manner of thieves and con artists follow in his footsteps, and that includes writers, too.

Oct. 10, 2003 Books Review by Jesse Sublett

The Ecstatic or, Homunculus

We've seen the holy fool before, of course; perhaps we're well acquainted. In The Ecstatic -- the debut novel by Victor LaValle, who cannonballed into the young / urban / big-lit milieu with the award-winning short story collection Slapboxing With Jesus, made the PEN / Faulkner finalist list with this book, and, somewhere in there, got really fat and then thin again -- there are at least four, but first and foremost is Anthony James, 315-pound protagonist -- hero, maybe.

Oct. 10, 2003 Books Review by Cindy Widner

Surrender (But Don't Give Yourself Away): Old Cars, Found Hope, and Other Cheap Tricks

Sept. 12, 2003 Books Review by Courtney Fitzgerald

Platform

Sept. 12, 2003 Books Review by Marc Savlov

VSBR

Sept. 12, 2003 Books Review by Shawn Badgley

The Second Half of the Double Feature

Jesse Sublett on Willeford anthologized

Aug. 29, 2003 Books Review by Jesse Sublett

And Now You Can Go

Kate Cantrill on Vendela Vida's debut novel

Aug. 29, 2003 Books Review by Kate Cantrill

Returning as Shadows: A Novel of Mexico, 1941

Jay Trachtenberg on Paco Ignacio Taibo's sequel to The Shadow of the Shadow

Aug. 29, 2003 Books Review by Jay Trachtenberg

Gritos: Essays

"At the heart of these encounters is the burning knowledge that nobody seems ready to recognize," David Garza writes of the largely self-made "literary superdude" who will read at the Yarborough Branch Library on Wednesday, July 30. "Gilb is a legitimate and undeniable talent."

July 25, 2003 Books Review by David Garza

Ten Little Indians

"Sherman Alexie might be going soft," writes Jessa Crispin of the author's new collection, Ten Little Indians. "Underneath the humor and adept storytelling of his previous novels and short story collections was always a thin line of rage. But now he's working with hope and redemption."

July 18, 2003 Books Review by Jessa Crispin

If Not, Winter: Fragments of Sappho

Maria Hong reviews Anne Carson's translation of Sappho.

April 25, 2003 Books Review by Maria Hong

Isolde: Queen of the Western Isle

Margaret Moser reviews Rosalind Miles' take on Tristan and Isolde.

April 25, 2003 Books Review by Margaret Moser

Radio Elvis and Other Stories

Tom Doyal reviews John Irsfeld's latest collection.

April 25, 2003 Books Review by Tom Doyal

As High as the Scooter Can Fly

Kate Cantrill calls Lia Nirgad's debut one of "heart," but she also calls it "precious." Find out why.

Jan. 24, 2003 Books Review by Kate Cantrill

The House on the Point

Tim Walker reviews Benjamin Hoff's Hardy Boys tribute, The House on the Point.

Jan. 24, 2003 Books Review by Tim Walker

Prince of Lost Places

"To say that Kathy Hepinstall's third novel demonstrates her accomplishment in the suspense genre doesn't go far enough (previous books include The Absence of Nectar and The House of Gentle Men)," writes Tommi Ferguson of the author who will be at BookPeople on Tuesday, Jan. 7, at 7pm. "What distinguishes her fiction is the sincerity and candor she allows her characters."

Jan. 3, 2003 Books Review by Tommi Ferguson

Book Reviews

Greg Garrett's surprisingly funny debut, Free Bird, "doesn't hide its convention and occasional sentimentality: It capitalizes on it."

Nov. 15, 2002 Books Review by Shawn Badgley

Book Reviews

John Taliaferro's biography of a man and a mountain

Nov. 15, 2002 Books Review by Shawn Badgley

The Vanishing Voter: Public Involvement in an Age of Uncertainty

"We all know that Americans don't vote -- 51% turnout, what we saw for Bush-Gore in 2000, is about as good as we get, and in most elections (like the one on Tuesday, and certainly in Austin local races), we settle for far less," writes Mike Clark-Madison in his review of Thomas Patterson's The Vanishing Voter. But why?

Nov. 8, 2002 Books Review by Mike Clark-Madison

White Apples

Jonathan Carroll brings his White Apples to BookPeople on Saturday, Nov. 9, 3pm. Ric Williams brings you his review of it.

Nov. 8, 2002 Books Review by Ric Williams

Meanwhile Back at the Ranch

Kinky Friedman will be at BookPeople on Thursday, Sept. 19, and Tom Doyal takes a look at his latest novel, Meanwhile Back at the Ranch.

Sept. 13, 2002 Books Review by Tom Doyal

The New Crusade: America's War on Terrorism

Michael King examines Rahul Mahajan's The New Crusade. Mahajan, who happens to be the Green Party's Texas gubernatorial candidate, will be at BookPeople on Thursday, Sept. 12.

Sept. 6, 2002 Books Review by Michael King

Man Walks Into a Room

"Often enough in Man Walks Into a Room, you get a plot description and a lesson," writes Clay Smith of Nicole Krauss' beguiling and haunting debut novel, about a man who loses his memory and isn't particularly interested in getting it back.

Aug. 23, 2002 Books Review by Clay Smith

B. Krigstein Volume 1

Aug. 16, 2002 Books Review by Marc Savlov

The Lovely Bones

Alice Sebold, who will be at BookPeople on Monday, Aug. 12, has received serious accolades for The Lovely Bones. But Amanda Eyre Ward writes "whether you're willing to listen to a narrator who is telling her story from heaven will determine how quickly you fall into that story."

Aug. 9, 2002 Books Review by Amanda Eyre Ward

Arthur Phillips' Prague

Clay Smith reviews Prague, whose author, Arthur Phillips, will be at BookPeople on Tuesday, July 16, 7pm.

July 12, 2002 Books Review by Clay Smith

The Portrait of Mrs. Charbuque

June 28, 2002 Books Review by Rick Klaw

Enemy Women

June 21, 2002 Books Review by Russell Cobb

Firebreak

May 10, 2002 Books Review by Jesse Sublett

Notable American Women

April 19, 2002 Books Review by Roger Gathman

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