The most recent addition to the complete review is my review of Sascha Arango's thriller, The Truth and Other Lies.
I vaguely recall seeing some reviews of this when it came out, but I didn't see or seek out a copy until I saw it was one of the fourteen translated titles to make The New York Times Book Review's 100 Notable Books of 2015-list.
It's fine, but I do wonder about it making the NYTBR's top 100. (Their review offers praise -- "a clever plot that always surprises, told with dark humor and dry wit and bustling with aperçus that show no signs of jet lag from Imogen Taylor's clean translation" -- but ultimately comes across as only tepidly enthusiastic: "The Truth and Other Lies feels hollow at the center, like its protagonist".)
I vaguely recall seeing some reviews of this when it came out, but I didn't see or seek out a copy until I saw it was one of the fourteen translated titles to make The New York Times Book Review's 100 Notable Books of 2015-list.
It's fine, but I do wonder about it making the NYTBR's top 100. (Their review offers praise -- "a clever plot that always surprises, told with dark humor and dry wit and bustling with aperçus that show no signs of jet lag from Imogen Taylor's clean translation" -- but ultimately comes across as only tepidly enthusiastic: "The Truth and Other Lies feels hollow at the center, like its protagonist".)