Best new fiction
Looking for some of the best new fiction? Kabuki in a G-String by M.S. Simpson starts with Roberta Martin from Lubbock, Texas who goes to Paris to retrieve her cousin Chad, who left Lubbock and never returned. With the promise of adoption as her Aunt Helen’s heir, Roberta is dispatched on her errand.
This is one of the best new fiction novels in print today. Roberta has only partial information. She discovers the truth about Chad only after a period of naiveté: Her cousin is happy in Paris, a sophisticated, urbane teacher, living with a French Moroccan. To complicate matters, Roberta falls in love for the first time. Clearly, this is among the year’s best new fiction.
The story culminates in Aunt Helen’s arrival with her friend Loreen, Roberta’s nemesis. Chad remains in Paris. Roberta chooses personal liberation over money and adoption. But Helen is undefeated, even as she departs Paris empty-handed. This is just another battle to maintain her threatened way of life and to redeem her son’s soul.
This novel is a comedy of manners, a sharp and enduring commentary on America’s culture wars. With characters of differing nationality, background, and religious orientation, just as in Henry James’ The Ambassadors, the novel looks at how urban modernity clashes with conservatism and tradition. It is one of the best new fiction books out today.
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