MARCH 2007
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ABIDE WITH ME
By Elizabeth Strout
EXCELLENT SELECTION
LITERARY -- A Congregational minister and his daughters deal with his wife's death. (July/Aug 2006)
COMPANY
By Max Barry
EXCELLENT SELECTION
LITERARY -- The author of Jennifer Government takes a sharp, satiric stab at corporate America. (May/June 2006)
THE EAGLE'S THRONE
By Carlos Fuentes, translated by Kristina Cordero
EXCELLENT
LITERARY -- Mexican politics, 2020: Backstabbers, schemers, and gossipers. (Sept/Oct 2006)
THE LAST WITCHFINDER
By James Morrow
EXCELLENT
LITERARY -- A girl searches for reason during the Salem witch trials. (July/Aug 2006)
SWEET AND LOW
A Family Story
By Rich Cohen
GOOD/EXCELLENT
GENERAL NF -- The family history of Sweet 'N Low is not so sweet. (July/Aug 2006)
STRANGE PIECE OF PARADISE
By Terri Jentz
EXCELLENT
BIOGRAPHY -- A woman returns to Oregon to find her would-be murderer. (Sept/Oct 2006)
YOU MUST SET FORTH AT DAWN
A Memoir
By Wole Soyinka
GOOD/EXCELLENT
BIOGRAPHY -- The difficulties of building democracy in Nigeria. (July/Aug 2006)
THE SWAMP
The Everglades, Florida, and the Politics of Paradise
By Michael Grunwald
EXCELLENT
HISTORY -- The Everglades reveals a story of hubris and uncurbed development. (May/June 2006)
WARRIORS
Portraits from the Battlefield
By Max Hastings
EXCELLENT
HISTORY -- Stories about brothers-in-arms, from Napoleon to modern times. (Mar/Apr 2006)
APRIL 2007
THE ACCIDENTAL
By Ali Smith
EXCELLENT SELECTION
LITERARY -- A stranger seduces each member of a family. (Mar/Apr 2006)
THE WESTERN LIMIT OF THE WORLD
By David Masiel
EXCELLENT SELECTION
LITERARY -- A tanker and its crew try to broker a black-market deal. (Mar/Apr 2006)
WATER FOR ELEPHANTS
By Sara Gruen
EXCELLENT
LITERARY -- A veterinary student finds fulfillment in a circus. (Sept/Oct 2006)
A DIRTY JOB
By Christopher Moore
GOOD/EXCELLENT
LITERARY -- A San Francisco man joins the Death Merchants. (July/Aug 2006)
NIGHT OF THE JAGUAR
By Michael Gruber
GOOD/EXCELLENT
CRIME -- Who do you call to handle a shape-shifting shaman? (July/Aug 2006)
RAINBOWS END
A Novel With One Foot in the Future
By Vernor Vinge
EXCELLENT
SF -- It's time to rethink the fountain of youth. (July/Aug 2006)
KREMLIN RISING
Vladimir Putin's Russia and the End of Revolution
By Peter...
