The EconomistDecember 13th, 2010 The title story of Summer Brenner’s My Life in Clothes is a fierce and funny slip…
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Summer Brenner’s Nearly Nowhere on Crime Fiction Lover (UK)
by PulpCurryCrime Fiction LoverNovember 25, 2012 Written by Summer Brenner – It might not be the best known publisher on…
The Chieu Hoi Saloon: A Review
Benjamin WhitmerNovember 16, 2010 It sounds almost too nuts-and-bolts to be something you actively think about, but I’ve been thinking…
From Hell to Long Beach and Beyond
Seattle ExaminerBy Ray MurphyDecember 30, 2010 Pacific Northwest readers, drenched and shivering in a literary winter of gray sameness, would…
The Chieu Hoi Saloon on Midwest BookReview
Midwest Book ReviewBy Diane SimmonsJanuary 2011Volume 11, Number 1 Harry Hudson, the hero of Michael Harris’s The Chieu Hoi Saloon,…
The Chieu Hoi Saloon in Booklist
By Thomas GaughanBooklist February 15, 2011 Chieu hoi is Vietnamese for give up, and most of the regulars at the titular…
The Chieu Hoi Saloon in Publishers Weekly
Publisher’s WeeklyFebruary 21, 2011 Vietnam vet, journalist, and lifelong stutterer Harry Hudson, the protagonist of Harris’s poignant debut, dreams of…
Chieu Hoi Saloon Is a Grab-Hold Read
By John WeeksSan Bernardino SunDecember 12th, 2010 Harry Hudson is a journalist with a debilitating stammer. He’s a communicator who…
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Prudence Couldn’t Swim: A Publishers Weekly Review
Publisher’s WeeklyNovember 2012 At the start of Kilgore’s funky, funny first mystery, white ex-con Calvin Winter discovers the body of…