Sentences with phrase «novels with wit»

Anna Quindlen has written this novel with wit and humor — I particularly enjoyed the chapter titles — and has created a character I really like, especially given that she is my age and still active and attractive to a younger man.

If you're looking for a mystery novel with wit, heart and class, get to know the books of Donna Leon.»

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With her usual dry wit and relentless curiosity, Roach investigates the novel ways some very passionate people try to make war a little less hellish.

Recent Blu - ray and DVD releases include: Based on E.M. Forster's posthumously published novel, Maurice, Hugh Grant plays a sharp - witted man, steeped in Grecian ideals, who dares to express love Platonic and erotic with a fellow student (Jam... more

Recent Blu - ray and DVD releases include: Based on E.M. Forster's posthumously published novel, Maurice, Hugh Grant plays a sharp - witted man, steeped in Grecian ideals, who dares to express love Platonic and erotic with a fellow student (Jam...

Based on the young adult novel by Becky Albertalli and directed by superstar TV showrunner Greg Berlanti, the film promises to flip the script on the high - school romance with that ever - elusive blend of wit and heart.

Loaded with self - aware wit from screenwriter Jesse Andrews (adapting the script from his own novel), director Alfonso Gomez - Rejon crafts one of the most charming and emotional films of the year.

Nick Hornby adapts Colm Toibin's novel for the screen with typical wit and heart, creating a story that manages to be full of cheerful hope and painful nostalgia in equal measure.

92 % Ghost World (2001) With acerbic wit, Terry Zwigoff fashions Daniel Clowes» graphic novel into an intelligent, comedic trip through deadpan teen angst - and Thora Birch and Johansson are delightful as a pair of snarky adolescents just out of high school.

Nordoff and Halll's novel has thus far been filmed five times: a silent film in 1916; as In the Wake of the Bounty (1933), with Errol Flynn making his feature film debut; the 1935 [M] Clark Gable version, the 1962 Marlon Brando version, and as The Bounty (1984), with Mel Gibson and Anthony Hopkins battling wits.

With acerbic wit, Terry Zwigoff fashions Daniel Clowes» graphic novel into an intelligent, comedic trip through deadpan teen angst - and Thora Birch and Johansson are delightful as a pair of snarky adolescents just out of high school.

John Sayles (who previously wrote Piranha for Dante) came with Dante from the Corman movie factory and contributes a clever script (adapted from a novel by Gary Brandner) with some character nice touches in the supporting roles and a modicum of wit in the dialogue.

Film Review by Kam Williams Headline: Harry Matches Wits and Wands with Voldermort and His Minions It stands to reason that Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows will be the next - to - last offering in what is already the most lucrative film franchise in history, unless author J.K. Rowling succumbs to fan pressure to extend her best - selling series of children's novels.

Spiked with dark wit, poetic beauty, and deep rage, this extraordinary novel confirms his place as one of the world's most significant living writers.

In this episodic novel that combines broad humor with sly wit, Alexander presents another strong heroine.

Rich with Hollinghurst's signature gifts - haunting sensuality, delicious wit and exquisite lyricism - The Stranger's Child is a tour de force: a masterly novel about the lingering power of desire, how the heart creates its own history, and how legends are made.

Like Clockers (1992) and his two other books set in fictional Dempsey, N.J. - Freedomland (1998) and Samaritan (2002)- Lush Life paints a richly textured portrait of city dwellers that would make Balzac and Dickens proud: The novel is populated with quick - witted cops, underprivileged teenage criminals, ethically challenged officials, and overworked and long - suffering average joes.

An elegant conjurer of interconnected tales, a genre - bending daredevil, and master prose stylist, David Mitchell's new novel, The Bone Clocks, crackles with invention and wit.

From Victorian India to Edwardian London this unforgettable novel dazzles with its artistry and wit while it challenges what it means to be Indian or English, black or white, and every degree that lies between them.

Delivered with her trademark wit, Jill McCorkle's constantly surprising novel illuminates the possibilities of second chances, hope, and rediscovering life right up to the very end.

A novel of literary crimes and misdemeanors, The Salinger Contract will delight anyone who loves a fast - paced story told with humor, wit, and intrigue.

With honesty, wit, and a wild first - person narrative, this novel breaks boundaries in YA fiction as it tells about college freshman Ellie and her search for art, love, sex, and meaning.

Twice selected for Granta's list of Best Young British Novelists, winner of the 2007 Costa Book Award for her acclaimed novel Day («Day is a novel of extraordinary complexity» — The New York Review of Books), which was also chosen as one of New York magazine's top ten books of the year — the internationally revered A. L. Kennedy returns with a story collection whose glorious wit and vitality make this a not - to - be-missed addition to the canon of one of our most formidable young writers.

From Washington, D.C. to Hyde Park, from a little white house on Long Island to an apartment on Manhattan's Washington Square, Amy Bloom's new novel moves elegantly through fascinating places and times, written in compelling prose and with emotional depth, wit, and acuity.

This powerful, engaging novel set in Ottawa at the end of World War II introduces 12 - year - old Martin O'Boy, whose wit, upbeat disposition, and superhero inspiration help him triumph over poverty, a troubled family life, and abuse from a man with an eye for boys.

Written in a clean, crisp style, with lively dialogue and wit, this highly accessible novel, which explores both the excitement of science and the repercussions of experiments, is a great choice for book groups and class discussions.

This is a gorgeously eviscerating novel of incarceration writ large... Rooted in deeply inquisitive thinking and executed with artistry and edgy wit, Kushner's dramatic and disquieting novel investigates with verve and compassion societal strictures and how very difficult it is to understand each other and to be truly free.»

It is a measure of the genius of the non-native English - speaking Nabokov that he crafted the novel's dazzling prose, of course, but it is just as impressive that this Russian - born writer captured the nuances of an alien culture with such precision and wit.

This chilling novel, a finalist for the Man Booker prize, imagines an anti-Semitic future where wit and irony, along with jazz and literary fiction, have evaporated in the heat of a second Holocaust sometime in the 21st century.

Back with her most thrilling novel yet, Chelsea Cain delivers the pinnacle of what fans of this series have come to expect: sex, murder, twists, dark wit, and some of the best characters in the genre.

In his first major novel since Holes, critically acclaimed novelist Louis Sachar uses his signature wit combined with a unique blend of adventure and deeply felt characters to explore issues of race, the nature of celebrity, the invisible connections that determine a person's life, and what it takes to stay on course.

A novel of great humanity, written with dry wit, edgy humor, and emotional poignancy, Irma Voth is the powerful story of a young woman's quest to discover all that she may become in the unexpectedly rich and confounding world that lies beyond the stifling, observant community she knows.

Dean's ability to portray the tragic - comedy of everyday lives with empathic but laser - sharp wit sets Becoming Strangers way above most first novels, and presages a wonderful future for this talented author.

Golden Hill is an update of eighteenth - century picaresque novels by the likes of Henry Fielding and entertains us with its savage wit, mystery, charismatic protagonist, and romantic storyline as it propels us toward a powerful revelation at the novel's end.

The instant New York Times bestseller from Chris Cleave — the unforgettable novel about three lives entangled during World War II, told «with dazzling prose, sharp English wit, and compassion... a powerful portrait of war's effects on those who fight and those left behind» (People, Book of the Week).

Using unconventional means of interruption, such as shotgun blasts, bullet holes and spray paint, Burroughs charged his work with the same rebellion and wit found in his novels.

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