The current novel could have been called "Titmuss's Revenge."

That will be an adaptation of Mr. Dexter's current novel.

"Actually, here is my current novel," he said.

The current novels, however well done, don't.

As clever as so many current first novels are, this deep, disturbing work makes them seem strangely banal.

But taken together, a handful of current novels hint at a composite urban scene where anything - even total doom - is possible.

Two Israeli authors, both real-life activists in the peace movement, light the way in current novels that explore human solutions to ancient disputes.

She intends to begin writing it after she finishes working on her current novel, Pegasus.

It's a good and significant project, but those are afternoons that I don't make progress on mis current novel.

This, after all, is the template for countless current novels in which a single shattering event leads to shocking revelations about the past.