Book Notes

Last month's column introduced Light in August, Faulkner's most readable major novel.  Two other of his novels, however, are more...

Much of the important fiction produced in the 20th Century came from the South, which, before the turn of the...

Virginia writer whom I’ll feature in this series; no doubt he is also the youngest (born 1971). Besides, he is...

Richard and Robert Bausch occupy a unique position among Virginia writers (and among US writers in general): they are identical...

   Novelist, David Baldacci, a Virginia native, has spent nearly his entire life in his home state. Like Adriana Trigiani,...

    Like Tom Wolfe, Patricia Cornwell has also gained huge popular success. Cornwell is not a native of Virginian, but...

    Like Tom Wolfe, Patricia Cornwell has also gained huge popular success. Cornwell is not a native of Virginian, but...