Quill and Quire

Fiction: Novels

Rock Reject

By Jim Williams

There is no question that asbestos is dangerous. Jim Williams’ Rock Reject, which won the inaugural Beacon Award for Social Justice Literature, is dedicated to the 100,000 people who die each year from exposure to ... Read More »

September 11, 2012 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Husk

By Corey Redekop

A gore-filled comedy/horror hybrid about a zombie with Oscar ambitions, Husk isn’t an obvious follow-up to Shelf Monkey, Corey Redekop’s 2007 debut novel about frustrated employees at a big-box bookstore, but both have the same ... Read More »

September 11, 2012 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

The World

By Bill Gaston

The World begins with a wonderful narrative spark: Stuart Price, a boring, methodical, recently retired suburban everyman, accidentally burns down his house the day he finishes paying off the mortgage. Due to a series of ... Read More »

September 11, 2012 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

The Age of Hope

By David Bergen

David Bergen has always been good at literary ventriloquism. Whether conjuring the consciousness of a horny 16-year-old in The Case of Lena S., or envisioning characters traumatized by the effects of war in The Time ... Read More »

September 11, 2012 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

★ Sweet Jesus

By Christine Pountney

Christine Pountney’s third novel attempts much more than most novels can handle. Thankfully, the author acquits herself with aplomb. The book’s three main characters ask life’s proverbial “big questions” without seeming precious or sentimental, and ... Read More »

September 11, 2012 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

The Western Light

By Susan Swan

Nearly two decades after the publication of her best-selling novel The Wives of Bath, Susan Swan revisits protagonist Mary Beatrice Bradford – M.B. or Mouse for short – in a prequel set in Madoc’s Landing, ... Read More »

September 4, 2012 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels