Featuring 302 Industry-First Reviews of Fiction, Nonfiction and Children's & Teen
KIRKUS VOL. LXXXII, NO.
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JANUARY
2014
REVIEWS
CHILDREN'S & TEEN
Cat Says Meow
by Michael Arndt An eye-catching picture book marries typography and line to describe animals and the sounds they make. p. 72
FICTION
The Heaven of Animals by David James Poissant The author pens a debut collection of unsparing yet warmly empathetic stories. p. 22
INDIE
NONFICTION
Five Came Back by Mark Harris A comprehensive look at the careers of five legendary directors who put their Hollywood lives on freeze-frame while they went off to fight in the only ways they knew how p. 50
ON THE COVER
Timothy A. Pychyl moves from indie to interdependent. p. 122 Also in this issue: Our semiannual board-book roundup p. 95
You thought there'd been enough dystopian fiction, until lyrical novelist Chang-rae entered the fray with his new novel On Such a Full Sea. p. 14
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