Despite some of the questions I raised about Freeman's The Long Embrace, I do wholeheartedly endorse it as a must-read, especially for Angelenos. My post about the many L.A. homes that Chandler lived in is up now at LAist.
Marisha Pessl: Night Film: A Novel
It promises much. Those kinds of promises rarely deliver.
Robin Sloan: Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore: A Novel
I feel as if this will be a sort of End of Mr. Y by Scarlett Thomas kind of thing. No idea why but if that's anywhere close to the case, I'm in.
Fiona Maazel: Woke Up Lonely: A Novel
Have heard remarkable things about this novel. Have you?