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Cassidy Hutchinson's book carried few surprises, despite all the hype it generated. I kept wondering about the overly long sections on h...

Jena Friedman first came to my attention with her TV series Indefensible , about the manifold failures of the justice system. Her book is sh...

Gay Talese is the finest living prose stylist. His deceptively simple, crystalline sentences are a perfect match for his ordered and ruthles...

Sarah Kendzior and Andrea Chalupa's graphic novel primer on how dictatorships are fueled, born and thrive is exceptionally relevant. The...

The North Irish writer Michael Magee's debut novel was widely praised, but I found it hopelessly dark. Too often reading it felt like be...

Catching up on books I read months ago is a good test of their staying power. Steinbeck's Cannery Row is wise and wistful, and invites ...

With Lawrence Block and his funny punny titles, you know what to expect, and he usually delivers. This time the sleepless spy Tanner is off ...

Milan Kundera's short novel was published some 30 years ago but is remarkably prescient in its critique of speed, which has become not j...

William McKeen delivers an entertaining survey of artists and other weird characters in Key West, focusing on the 1970s. Hunter Thompson, Ji...

I will read anything by Annie Ernaux that I can get my hands on, but this one feels half-assed.