Tony Ross

Tony Ross was born and raised in the Middle East before moving to Washington, D.C. He has worked in book and magazine publishing in both editorial and design capacities, and has recently completed his Masters in Library Science at the University of Maryland, where he currently lives with his wife and new daughter. After his wife and daughter, his main passions are reading, being with friends and family, and playing soccer.

Tony has reviewed the following for MostlyFiction.com:

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2009

• The Way Through Doors by Jesse Ball (2-16-09)
• The Turnaround by George Pelecanos (1-20-09)

2008

• A Grave in Gaza by Matt Benyon Rees (12-25-08)
• A Case of Exploding Mangoes by Mohammed Hanif (12-17-08)
• Undiscovered Country by Lin Enger (8-18-08)
• You Must Be This Happy to Enter by Elizabeth Crane (6-1-08)
• Gentlemen of the Road by Michael Chabon (5-2-08)
• Lizka and Her Men by Alexander Ikonnikov (5-2-08)
• The Duppy by Anthony Winkler (04-10-08)
• The Sinner by Petra Hammesfahr (3-8-08)
• Wolves of the Crescent Moon by Yousef Al-Mohameed (2-26-08)
• Exit A by Anthony Swofford (2-18-08)
• The Chinaman by Freidrich Glauser (2-1-08)
• Dizzy City by Nicholas Griffin (1-5-08)

2007

• Reasonable Doubts by Gianrico Carofiglio (12-21-07)
• Londonstani by Gautam Malkani (11-18-07)
• The Raw Shark Texts by Steven Hall (11-18-07)
• Smonk by Tom Franklin (11-6-07)
• The First Wave by James R. Benn (10-20-07)
• The Pesthouse by Jim Crace (10-5-07)
• Consider the Lobster by David Foster Wallace (08-11-07)
• Chuck Klosterman IV by Chuck Klosterman (08-11-07)
• Service Wash by Rupert Smith (07-15-07)
• Piercing by Ryu Murakami (6-27-07)
• Volk's Game by Brent Ghelfi (6-14-07)
• Day of the Dandelion by Peter Pringle (6-7-07)
• Country of Origin by Don Lee (5-24-07)
• The Deadly Embrace by Robert J. Mrazek (5-11-07)
• Black Friday by David Goodis (04-26-07)
• Back to the Badlands by John Williams (04-09-07)
• Cardiff Dead by John Williams (04-09-07)
• Billy Hazelnuts by Tony Millionaire (3-27-07)
• An Abundance of Katherines by John Green (02-11-07)
• Don't Look Back by Karin Fossum (2-5-07)
• Rust and Bone by Craig Davidson (01-25-07)
• Anonymous Lawyer by Jeremy Blachman (01-12-07)
• The Bedroom Secrets of the Master Chefs by Irvine Welsh (01-04-07)

2006

• The Chinatown Death Cloud Peril by Paul Malmont (11-16-06)
• From a Crooked Rib by Nurrudin Farah (11-16-06)
• America's Report Card by John McNally (9-30-06)
• The Book of Ralph by John McNally (9-30-06)
• Total Chaos by Jean-Claude Izzo (9-30-06)
• Chourmo by Jean-Claude Izzo (9-30-06)
• Carte Blanche by Carlo Lucarelli (9-30-06)
• Hitler's Peace by Philip Kerr (9-30-06)
• City of Tiny Lights by Patrick Neate (8-26-06)
• Moonlight Hotel by Scott Anderson (8-26-06)
• Broken Trail by Alan Geoffrion (8-26-06)
• Wolf Boy by Evan Kuhlman (6-4-06)
• When the Nines Roll Over by David Benioff (6-4-06)
• Modern Ranch Living by Mark Jude Poirier (6-4-06)
• In the Miso Soup by Ryu Murakami (6-4-06)

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