At the beginning of each month, the National Post’s Paul Taunton previews books that will be talked about over the next few weeks. and once he finds them, Tom Barrens – just such a quantum leaper – will have to decide where he really wants to stay. My Not So Perfect Life by Sophie Kinsella (Dial Press, 448 pp; 35$) – Feb. 7Though best known for her Shopaholic series, Sophie Kinsella has authored another 15 books under her famous pseudonym as well as her own name, Madeleine Wickham (her middle name really is Sophie, though). The Refugees by Viet Thanh Nguyen (Grove Press, 224 pp; $36.50) – Feb. 17Viet Thanh Nguyen won the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for his novel The Sympathizer. It’s both a timely work of fiction and an artistic retrospective of a community’s voyage over the decades.

Source: National Post February 01, 2017 17:57 UTC