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Paul finally ends up as a temporary technical writer at TxDoGS, a government office in what seems to be Austin, Texas, where a series of encounters with his weird co-workers (not to mention the unnoticed-by-anyone-else dead body in the next cubicle) forces him to choose between a life of ease at TxDoGS and an honorable but probably unsuccessful future

Under the Radar: Books Not to Miss

The House on Boulevard St.

of upper-class women who married in the early 1950s, raised children, divorced in the 1970s, and are now soldiering their way through the illness, regrets, persistent sorrows and indignities of growing old. The group includes the artistic one, the recovering alcoholic, the one whose daughter killed herself, and more.

You simply have to accept — at least for the length of the story — that there might be zombies around, or that a purse can expand to hold a complete village

that you're sucked into the world of the stories before you know it

It's a time when he restores his 1951 International Harvester pickup truck to working order and falls in love, for real.

It's a time when he restores his 1951 International Harvester pickup truck to working order and falls in love, for real. It's hard for me to think of anyone who wouldn't enjoy this heartfelt and humorous tale,

that you're sucked into the world of the stories before you know it ,

the lives of a group of upper-class women who married in the early 1950s, raised children, divorced in the 1970s, and are now soldiering their way through the illness, regrets, persistent sorrows and indignities of growing old.

Cain's love of the Nancy Drew books and her ability to draw out and twist every ridiculous morsel from the originals combine to make for an hour or two of tremendously entertaining reading.

frequent death-defying escapes, and periodic encounters with the more famous pair of explorers (who often need to be rescued by means of True's ingenuity)

store to by a hoe

This is a wonderful send-up of the Nancy Drew novels.

"kitchen-sink poetry."

The Search for Baby Combover,"

On the other hand, Link's writing is so remarkable, her use of language so mind-bogglingly perfect, that you're sucked into the world of the stories before you know it , beguiled by descriptions like this one, of a sofa covered with "an orange-juice-colored corduroy that makes it appear as if the couch has just escaped from a maximum security prison for criminally insane furniture."

Perry's narrative voice — smooth and low-key — invites readers along for what turns out to be a most pleasurable ride.

The life of the main character, Paul Trilby, has never been the same after he drowned his wife's cat, Charlotte, in the couple's bathtub.

Without giving away too much of the plot (except to say that it includes human sacrifice and zombies), it's best to just say that the cat, Charlotte, who's bent on revenge, continues to run Paul's life.

Kings of Infinite Space

A Novel of the Lewis & Clark & Kinneson Expeditions tells the story of a Vermont ex-soldier named True Teague Kinneson and his nephew, Ticonderoga, who race Lewis and Clark to the Pacific.

It's a time when he restores his 1951 International Harvester pickup truck to working order and falls in love, for real. It's hard for me to think of anyone who wouldn't enjoy this heartfelt and humorous tale

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women who married in the early 1950s, raised children, divorced in the 1970s, and are now soldiering their way through the illness, regrets, persistent sorrows and indignities of growing old.

volunteer firefighter and EMT in his small Wisconsin town — writes about his momentous 40th year. It's a time when he restores his 1951 International Harvester pickup truck to working order and falls in love, for real.