(New York, NY: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 2016) In his latest book, The Lost Time Accidents, John Wray exhibits an uncanny ability to make palatable scientific and mathematical theory, and weaves both into a complex storyline, set primarily in the … Continued
Translated from Russian by Carol Ueland and Robert Carnevale (New York, NY: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 2015) In 1989, I was a sophomore at a small Midwestern college. My friends and roommates were largely apolitical and, if I am going to … Continued
Among the many invented optical devices crucial to David Grand’s novel, Mount Terminus, the invertiscope is the most fascinating, an essential commentary on the way people apprehend the world around them. For this novel is about the creation of worlds—constructed … Continued
(New York, NY: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2010) In his introduction to the advance reader copy of Sam Lipsyte’s new novel The Ask, Lipsyte’s editor offers the opinion that the comic novel is currently out of favor. I would argue … Continued
(New York, NY: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2014) One of the great benefits of a close and long lasting friendship is banking on time served. There is no need for polite “how’s the weather” chitchat. When observed by a stranger, … Continued