Aaron Thier
Aaron Thier
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Hornby's 'Long Way Down' slyly astonishes
In his quiet way, Nick Hornby is writing some of the most elegant and ambitious prose in the English language. "A Long Way Down," released this summer, is the story of four people who meet on the top of a tower block where they have each gone with the...
Ishiguro's new novel is oddly lovely
Literary people are generally frightened of the term science fiction, and reviewers have been struggling to find a different way to describe Kazuo Ishiguro's compelling new novel. It isn't properly an "alternate history," as some writers have...
Foer returns with a novel that shines
Nipping at the heels of his monumentally successful first novel, Jonathan Safran Foer's sophomore effort is quick to satisfy expectations. "Extremely Close and Incredibly Loud" is focused, compassionate, funny and sad, and it has the virtue of being...
Philip Roth's 'America' is beautifully frightening
Philip Roth is not famous for reticence and modesty -- his personal habits seem to have earned him as many enemies as his vitriolic prose -- but his latest novel glows with a moral righteousness, a clarity of purpose and a sense of urgency that sets it...