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In a similar vein, here's Soon I Will Be Invincible (Vintage, 320 pages, $17), by California's Austin Grossman. Like the Pixar movie The Incredibles, this brilliant novel re-imagines the superhero theme, breathes fresh new life into a familiar genre.
Dr. Impossible, a frustrated evil genius, languishes in prison, humiliated because he's penned up with ordinary mortal criminals. Meanwhile, on the side of good, Fatale is a rookie superhero, a cyborg whose special abilities can't protect her from her own desire to be accepted, and to be normal (whatever that is).Kathryn soon discovers the interview was merely a ruse, a way for [Daniel Pell] to orchestrate his escape from a maximum-security prison. Now he's on the loose, evidently going after former members of his criminal "family," and only Dance can figure out what he's planning, before it's too late.See the full content of this document
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Novel Offers Fresh Take On Vlad the Impaler
By David Pitt
The Historian (Little, Brown, 910 pages, $12), a beautiful novel by American author Elizabeth Kostova, takes a well-worn theme -- the legend of Vlad the Impaler, otherwise known as...See the full content of this document
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