Literary Fiction

Gorsky is an homage to The Great Gatsby, with an interesting premise, but author Vesna Goldsworthy lacks subtlety in crafting this tribute.

The Other Me is a pleasure to read, with a style that moves as smoothly as an Acela train and a page-turning plot.

The small town of Arvida, Quebec, becomes the focal point for Samuel Archibald's haunting short story collection.

It is not a promising sign when a book that claims to be a literary novel begins smack in the middle of a sex scene.

Frank McAllister, a wealthy South African-born investor who has spent his adult life in London, takes languid drives through the richly varied countryside of the native land that he clearly loves.

“while a serial killer threatens the beleaguered city, two old friends fight a new but very intimate foe . . .”

If you are going to read this novel, make time to do so. There is no point in starting and then going off to do something else, for when you come back you will probably have to start again.

Helen, a would-be writer living in LA, travels back to her hometown when her father, Tim, experiences heart trouble.

“an effervescent book, comprised of two equally well-rounded stories . . .”

“if you really care about something in life, do whatever it takes not to lose it.”

With age usually comes wisdom, and when waxing nostalgic, one usually sees the significance of youthful events in a new and understanding light.

“Life has always kind of happened to me without too much planning.”

In her book The Lake House, author Kate Morton takes three stories about children—a missing child, an abandoned child, and a child given up for adoption—and braids the stories together.