Sarah Weinman writes short fiction that has appeared in several anthologies, most recently, Dublin Noir edited by Ken Breun. She also runs the widely popular blog, Confessions of an Idiocyncratic Minds and in one of the editors of GalleyCat – a must read for everyone in publishing.
As a caveat, 5 books is about what I average in a given week, so I'll cherry-pick stuff I'm particularly eager about:
THE DEAD HOUR, by Denise Mina (Little, Brown, July)
Paddy Meehan, the star of last year's fabulous FIELD OF BLOOD, returns - 3 years older, not necessarily wiser and probably about to get herself in a whole lot more trouble. Though very young she's already an incredibly distinctive heroine and Mina is, simply put, one of the best crime writers out there at the moment.
THE PRISONER OF GUANTANAMO, by Dan Fesperman (Knopf, July)
I'll pretty much read anything Fesperman writes because he covers big themes with a sure hand that never overreaches - and just by tackling Gitmo means he'll be stretching himself in new and different ways.
TRIPTYCH, by Karin Slaughter (Delacorte, August)
I've had very high hopes for this standalone - which is set in Atlanta and is told primarily from the points of view of men - and am curious to see how Slaughter pulls it off, because she's really gotten better with each successive book.
TO FEEL STUFF, by Andrea Seigel (Harcourt/Harvest, August)
I flat-out loved LIKE THE RED PANDA and this book just sounds so wonderfully weird - a girl living in a college infirmary and seeing possible ghosts? Definitely up my alley.
FRAMED, by Tonino Benacquista (Bitter Lemon Press, July)
There are so many great authors being translated from other languages, and Benacquista became a favorite with last year's SOMEONE ELSE, which was part noir, part existentialist morality tale. No doubt this book, too, will make me think about some uncomfortable truths.
oh my god. the pressure.
Posted by: andreaa | June 16, 2006 at 08:37 PM