Best of Fiction 2009
Both Ways is the Only Way I Want ItBy Maile Meloy
This collection is showing up on a lot of Best of 2009 lists, and with good reason: the stories are intense and stunning.
This was darker, but also funnier, than McCorkle’s other work. Most of the stories deal with regret and/or the ability of family members to drive you insane; the story Intervention does both and is nearly perfect. McCorkle’s writing is truthful and poignant, and not to be missed.
Cutting for Stone
By Abraham Verghese
I predict that this sprawling, ambitious story of Ethiopian twins, the unwanted sons of a doctor and a nun, will be a sleeper hit of 2009.
and one older one…
The Heart of the Matter
By Graham Greene
Lies, guilt, betrayals, more guilt…check out this lesser-known Graham Greene novel if you like a good tragedy.
- Beth
Themocracy
The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters is my top pick for 2009. And i can’t help it, but I also loved Pride & Preduice & Zombies!
I read the The Heart of the Matter when I was sixteen and I hated it.