Three new novels look good for summer reading:
- Lost for Words, by Edward St. Aubyn. His books can overflow with similes, but St. Aubyn is always sharp, funny, and dead-eyed. This one parodies British literary society and the Booker Prize.
- Summer House with Swimming Pool, by Herman Koch. This is the Dutch writer who made such a splash with The Dinner. According to the Amazon summary, it's another sinister tale by an unreliable narrator. It will be essential to read no more about this book before cracking it open; friends who ignored this advice of mine with The Dinner regretted it.
- Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, by David Shafer. The author of Mr. Peanut recommends this first novel, about Big Data, and that's enough for me.
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