Granta 97: Best of Young American Novelists

The Granta catch up continues with a "best of young American novelists" issue. High quality as always with Granta. It was interesting to note than an enormous number of the best young American novelists are not natives of the US. That doesn't change the quality of the writing, of course, but it is interesting.

The pieces range from interesting excerpts from novels to true short stories and some interesting character sketches. It's unfortunate that they are arranged alphabetically by author; the tone kind of lurches around, and the issue ends of one of the weaker pieces. But still, good reading, what you'd expect from Granta.

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