Jesmyn Wards Salvage the Bones, reviewed by Ron Charles
When the finalists for the National Book Award in Fiction were announced last month, I'm embarrassed to admit that I was among those critics grumbling about the obscurity of some of the authors (Andrew Krivak?), even some of the publishers (Lookout Books?). Partly, I was annoyed that novels I've adored this year ("Doc," "State of