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Book Review: ‘Surrender,’ by Bono

Sunday, October 30, 2022 - 5:00am
By Alan Light
In his new book, “Surrender,” the singer remembers hanging out with everyone from the Edge to Bill Gates.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


Children’s Books About Immigration

Sunday, October 30, 2022 - 5:00am
By Nalini Jones
Five new children’s books explore the meaning of home.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


Book Review: ‘Foster,’ by Claire Keegan

Sunday, October 30, 2022 - 5:00am
By Alex Gilvarry
Claire Keegan’s new novella sends a poor child into a childless home in southeast Ireland.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


Book Review: ‘The Grimkes,’ by Kerri Greenidge

Saturday, October 29, 2022 - 5:00am
By Michael P. Jeffries
“The Grimkes,” by the historian Kerri Greenidge, provides a nuanced, revisionist account of an American family best known for a pair of white abolitionist sisters.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


Book Review: ‘The Lemon,’ by S.E. Boyd

Saturday, October 29, 2022 - 5:00am
By Madeleine Feeny
“The Lemon” is the satirical debut by a team of three authors writing under the pseudonym S.E. Boyd.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


Jason Zinoman Talks About David Letterman

Friday, October 28, 2022 - 1:55pm
The Times’s comedy critic discusses his 2017 biography, “Letterman: The Last Giant of Late Night,” and the Times Magazine writer Sam Anderson talks about Oklahoma City and his 2018 book, “Boom Town.”
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


The Haunted Past

Friday, October 28, 2022 - 5:00am
By Jennifer Wilson
What ghost stories of the formerly enslaved tell us about their lives.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


Book Review: ‘The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida,’ by Shehan Karunatilaka

Friday, October 28, 2022 - 5:00am
By Randy Boyagoda
“The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida,” which won the 2022 Booker Prize, is an account of wartime Sri Lanka by the ghost of a photojournalist.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


Novellas by Laszlo Krasznahorkai, Hervé Guibert and Others

Friday, October 28, 2022 - 5:00am
By Dustin Illingworth
Fiction from Hiroko Oyamada, Eduardo Halfon, Laszlo Krasznahorkai and Hervé Guibert.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


Book Review: ‘Ted Kennedy,’ by John A. Farrell

Thursday, October 27, 2022 - 4:36pm
By Thomas Mallon
John A. Farrell’s “Ted Kennedy” is a sympathetic take on a complex life.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


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