Debut Novels by Jesse McCarthy, Gabriel Krauze and Mohamed Mbougar Sarr
New fiction spans gang violence in London, a fundamentalist regime in North Africa, Brooklyn gentrification and the Black diaspora in Brazil.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
A Spy Thriller That Mixes Fact and Fiction to Harrowing Effect
Featuring a C.I.A. agent with secrets in her past, potentially violent religious extremists and a risky op in Hamburg, “The Cover Wife,” by Dan Fesperman, gives imaginative twists to events plucked from our near past.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
Book Review: ‘Fox & I,’ by Catherine Raven
“Fox & I” is Catherine Raven’s memoir of her relationship with a bushy-tailed creature — no, not a dog.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
In Violet Kupersmith’s Novel, a Young Woman Disappears in Saigon
The heroine of “Build Your House Around My Body,” a half-Vietnamese American in her 20s, languishes abroad.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
J.P. Morgan's Personal Librarian Was A Black Woman. This Is Her Story.
Belle Da Costa Greene was one of the most prominent career women of her time, but the world didn't know she was Black. A new novel from Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray tells her story.
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Source: NPR Book Reviews
Summer After Summer, a Clan Returns to Cape Cod
In her debut novel, “The Paper Palace,” Miranda Cowley Heller follows an upper-crust family through decades at their bohemian backwoods compound.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
Immigration Doesn't Just Mean Coming To America. These 4 Books Are Good Reminders.
Author Ocean Vuong recommends four books on the immigrant experience — but he wants to de-center America in these stories: "Immigration is a species-wide legacy," he says, and always has been.
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Source: NPR Book Reviews
A Brawling, Go-for-Baroque Pulpfest
In S.A. Cosby’s new novel, “Razorblade Tears,” two fathers avenge their sons’ murders in great gothic geysers of blood.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
An Outsider Finds Suspense in Hollywood
Catherine Steadman talks about her new novel, “The Disappearing Act,” and Michael Dobbs discusses “King Richard,” his new book about Watergate.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
New in Paperback: ‘The Pull of the Stars’ and ‘Memorial Drive’
Six new paperbacks to check out this week.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
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