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    Adam Thirlwell: Politics: A Novel (P.S.)
    One would think this book is about sex, And while it is, since the characters have so much about it, some of it is kinky, and threesomes play a big role in the narrative. mostly POLITICS is about everything else: the mechanics, the logistics, the emotional minefields, the awkward questions, the moral dilemmas, and, well, the politics of what it is to be with someone you love or someone you don't, and how an act that should be simple is anything but. Thirlwell was disgustingly young when he wrote this but he absolutely understands that to make this book work, there must be an underlying sweetness and sincerity to the entire story. Now I want to see what he's up to more recently. Amazon | Indiebound | B & N | Borders | Powell’s

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    Jennifer Mascia: Never Tell Our Business to Strangers: A Memoir
    Years ago I was blown away by Mascia's Modern Love piece describing her parents' secret past: her father was a mobbed-up convicted murderer, and her mother not only knew all about it, but aided and abetted her husband when life required being a fugitive, selling drugs, and living at great highs and crushing lows. Mascia's book tells a more whole story about her peripatetic life, and even with every new shocking revelation what remained consistent was how much she loved her parents, no matter how deep those lows went, and how much she misses them now that they are gone. Unconditional love never goes away, no matter if those who receive it deserve it. Indiebound | Amazon | Borders | B & N | Powell’s

  • Juli Zeh: In Free Fall

    Juli Zeh: In Free Fall
    Give me a novel of ideas and if the story is good and the characters are believable and entertain me, I am there. Give me a crime novel of ideas, where two physics professors, friends and rivals, opposites but startlingly similar, do emotional battle on an intellectual canvas, raise the stakes through betrayal, the possible kidnapping of a child, and embroil a romantic-leaning police detective in the complicated machinations of quantum theory, and holy hell, I think I have myself one of my favorite books of the year. Powell’s | Indiebound | Amazon | Borders | B & N

  • Simon Lelic: A Thousand Cuts

    Simon Lelic: A Thousand Cuts
    It appears to be a crime with an easy solution: a disgruntled schoolteacher shoots up his place of employment and kills several students in the process. But really, Lelic's novel is about the catastrophic consequences of bullying, and how this act is hardly limited to kids turning on other kids, but burrows deeply into adult relationships as well. He evokes empathy for the killer and sympathy for Lucia, the investigating officer who has to fight for every scrap of dignity as she pieces together the far more complex truth of what really happened at the school. Powell’s | Amazon | Borders | Indiebound | B & N

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    William Lindsay Gresham: Nightmare Alley
    I cannot stop raving about this book to people. The circular narrative structure, the demented feel of a traveling carny troupe, and the extraordinary rise and precipitous fall of Stan Carlisle give off the persistent, raging feeling that hell is always with us, and success is basically a sucker's game. No matter what the biographical evidence on Gresham's state of mind leading up to and after the book's bestseller (and movie basis) status in 1946, I don't think we can really know what demons plagued him to produce this marvelous noir gem. B & N | Indiebound | Amazon | Borders | Powell’s

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May 02, 2008

Too Many Crime & Thriller Awards? Think Again

And this new one has some degree of muscle, what with it being the ITV3 Crime & Thriller Awards and the brainchild of Cactus TV's Amanda "Richard & Judy" Ross. More from the Bookseller:

ITV3 has teamed up with Cactus TV to launch a six-week Crime Thriller Season this autumn, culminating in televised ITV3 Crime Thriller Awards to celebrate crime fiction in film, TV and books.

Cactus has support from major publishers and retailers to promote the season, with posters and stickered books to be placed in shops and supermarkets.

Launching with an event at the Harrogate Crime Writing Festival (17th–20th July), the ITV3 Crime Thriller Awards will focus on the best of British and international crime novels, with around 15 categories in books, film and TV. The winners will be voted for by a panel of publishing industry figures, with an ITV3 viewers’ choice award for the top crime author.

If this has a Richard & Judy-esque effect on sales of crime fiction in the UK, that'll work pretty well...

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Ray

"And this new one has some degree of muscle, what with it being the ITV3 ..."

... and that's where you lost me.

Posted by: Ray | May 02, 2008 at 08:12 PM

Kerrie Smith

I blogged about this today Sarah - I couldn't find information about the timing of the awards process. Thanks for the further info. Wish I lived in the UK - I hope the series penetrates to DownUnder TV but somehow think it won't.

Posted by: Kerrie Smith | May 03, 2008 at 04:10 AM

John Cecil

What a great idea. TV is so much more popular than reading these days, why not sell a few books, and have a review.

I googled ITV and came up with this:

http://www.itv.com/Channels/ITV3/default.html

It's not like American TV, with satellite, cable, etc. We have more reality channels like Biography, National Geographic, etc. I can't think of any fiction mystery in US except CSI like shows. I guess they don't have any real crime over there so they have to make it up. I mean pretty soon we are going to have a serial killer channel with your host Charlie Manson. I know I would watch.

Posted by: John Cecil | May 03, 2008 at 08:50 AM

David J. Montgomery

It will no doubt be watched by tens of people.

Posted by: David J. Montgomery | May 03, 2008 at 02:26 PM

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