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September/October
2001 Book Sense 76 Picks
Unique and provocative selections from a great diversity of voices...all personally recommended by the independent booksellers of America.
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Blind Assassin, The
by Atwood, Margaret
(Anchor, $14.00, 0385720955)
"Atwood has done it again! At an elderly age, Iris attempts to reveal the threads of her family's life as a legacy to her granddaughter, her only remaining relative. There are several stories here, expertly woven together." - Diane Gressman, Books & Company, Oconomowoc, WI
Blind Man Can See How Much I Love You, A
by Bloom, Amy
(Vintage, $12.00, 0375705570)
"This book of short stories portrays extraordinary gestures of love in seemingly ordinary situations. Bloom's poetic stories are intense, emotional, and thought-provoking." - Ginger Brey, Verbatim Booksellers, Vail, CO
 Dangerous
Dilemmas
by Palfrey,
Evelyn
(Pocket, $12.95, 067104222X) "Palfrey has provided us with another page-turner
dealing with deceit, betrayal, career options, and - oh yes - a murder or two
to bring our heroine together with a love interest." - Emma Rodgers,
Black Images Book Bazaar, Dallas, TX
 Love
in a Dead Language
by Siegel, Lee
(University of Chicago Press, $15.00, 0226756998)
"This book is so many things at once: a layered narrative; a doomed love story of a professor and student as they travel to India; a translation of the Kama Sutra...and an illustrated novel, mystery, and farce. Clever, surprising and original, Siegel will keep you guessing until the very end -- maybe." - Jennifer Kohnhorst & Paula Chesley, Ruminator Books, Minneapolis, MN
Man
Who Grew Young, The
by Quinn,
Daniel, illustrated by Tim Eldred
(Context, $19.95, 1893956172) "This matches the intense, thought-provoking
writing of Quinn's Ishmael and After Dachua. I couldn't stop until
I finished this illustrated novel." - Jacqueline Kirkpatrick, Merritt
Books Volume II, Red Hook, NY
 More
Than You Know
by Gutcheon, Beth
(Perennial, $13.00, 0060959355)
"This incredible novel pulls together two love stories along with a murder that took place 100 years ago. This is a hauntingly beautiful novel that the reader will not be able to soon forget." - Kim Neath, K&M Books, Shaker Heights, OH
Sherlock in Love
by Naslund, Sena Jeter
(Perennial, $13.00, 0688178448)
"Here, rendered in prose and plot that echoes the original stories, is a new story about Sherlock Holmes. The author has captured the style and personality of the characters and their time so well that I felt like I was reading Arthur Conan Doyle's work. It was immensely satisfying...like meeting an old friend after many years." - Nancy Miller, Kepler's Books & Magazines, Menlo Park, CA
Trip to the Stars, A
by Christopher, Nicholas
(Scribner, $14.00, 0743203305)
"A plot as finely crafted as any spider's web to capture readers and hold them fast. The characters come together like gears of a clock, only to be swept away until they meet again as the story unwinds. Love, hate, greed, betrayal, suspense, and adventure. A book with universal appeal." - Lester Force, Cat's Impetuous Books, Kent, OH
 Under
the Skin
by Faber, Michael
(Harcourt/Harvest, $13.00, 0156011603) "With wit and a bizarre plot, Faber
turns the crank on contemporary society in this darkly comic parable. Male hitchhikers
are being picked up for the ride of their lives and as the nightmarish story unfolds
a wide range of social ills are held up to a looking glass, from the evil of multinational
corporations to the failure to recognize the natural beauty of the places we inhabit.
A cult classic in the making!" - Will Peters, Annie Bloom's Books, Portland,
OR
 Wild
Life
by Gloss,
Molly
(Houghton Mifflin/Mariner, $13.00, 0618131574) "This award-winning author's
prose is intelligent, effortless, and wickedly funny. Wild Life puts
a wonderful spin on a woman's place on the frontier as a force of nature rather
than static window dressing. Charlotte is a character of depth and intensity."
- Shawn Wathen, Chapter One Bookstore, Hamilton, MT
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