The most recent addition to the complete review is my review of Jean-Marie Blas de Roblès' Where Tigers are at Home, coming to the US (from Other Press) next month.
Dedalus admirably brought this out in the UK in 2011 -- but, outrageously and shockingly, it got almost no review coverage there. (How could this fat, fantastic book slip through the cracks ?) I can only hope the Americans are wiser: this is a pretty impressive (and highly entertaining) yarn (and more), and deserves good coverage and many readers.
(The author apparently had trouble getting it published in France, too, and it went on to win a couple of prizes (and made the four-title-strong last cut for the 2008 Goncourt).)
It was also Sophie Schiavo's selection in the Quarterly Conversation's call to Translate This Book ! from a few years ago -- good choice !
Dedalus admirably brought this out in the UK in 2011 -- but, outrageously and shockingly, it got almost no review coverage there. (How could this fat, fantastic book slip through the cracks ?) I can only hope the Americans are wiser: this is a pretty impressive (and highly entertaining) yarn (and more), and deserves good coverage and many readers.
(The author apparently had trouble getting it published in France, too, and it went on to win a couple of prizes (and made the four-title-strong last cut for the 2008 Goncourt).)
It was also Sophie Schiavo's selection in the Quarterly Conversation's call to Translate This Book ! from a few years ago -- good choice !