“Essex Dogs,” the first novel in a projected trilogy by the historian Dan Jones, imagines a hard-bitten band of mercenaries hired to invade France on behalf of their English king.
“That toothsome meal arguably saved the Republic,” says the journalist, whose new book is “Dinner With the President: Food, Politics, and a History of Breaking Bread at the White House,” of Thomas Jefferson’s so-called Dinner Table Bargain. “The debate at Jefferson’s reverberates today.”
A salty historical romp, two deep dives into the entertainment industry, a handful of memoirs and Salman Rushdie’s much-anticipated new novel, “Victory City.”
Kate Alice Marshall’s new novel, “What Lies in the Woods,” is elevated by unexpected plot twists, deep psychological perspicacity, and an endlessly interesting dance between past and present.
Gabriela Mistral, the first Latin American to win a Nobel Prize for literature, was long considered staid. A new generation is reclaiming her as an anti-establishment icon.
“It touches me when people ask me to read a book because it’s special to them,” says the fiction writer, whose new book is the story collection “The Faraway World.” “It’s like being granted permission to peek inside their soul.”