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Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud, and the Last Trial of Harper Lee by Casey Cep

Casey Cep solves the mystery of the true crime book that Harper Lee never wrote

by Rosalind Faires July 18, 2019September 30, 2025

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Kazuo Ishiguro Slays a Dragon

Acclaimed author returns with a fine novel of fantasy and foreboding

by W. A. Brenner March 7, 2015December 24, 2025

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Lit-urday: Something Eggers the Imagination

And someone’s got to answer for all this … dysfunction.

by W. A. Brenner August 9, 2014September 30, 2025

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British-born David Peace comes on like James Ellroy with a pint of warm Yorkshire ale in his hand

by Richard Whittaker September 28, 2007September 30, 2025

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The phenomenal Polish journalist Ryszard Kapuscinski left behind a sticky legacy when he died earlier this year at the age of 74

by Dan Oko August 17, 2007September 30, 2025

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In Print

by Mick Vann August 10, 2007September 30, 2025

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Thai Air

John Burdett on ‘Bangkok Haunts’

by Marc Savlov June 15, 2007September 30, 2025

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An unimaginative Murakami makes for a middling piece of work

by Jess Sauer June 8, 2007September 30, 2025

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In this a talky, bawdy book, Jane Smiley says a lot about the vapidity of Hollywood and even more about the humanness of the 21st century American

by Joe O'Connell March 9, 2007September 30, 2025

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No one has ever accused Cormac McCarthy of portraying the black-hearted underbelly of human nature through rose-colored glasses

by Jay Trachtenberg September 15, 2006September 30, 2025

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Dun, dun, dunnn!

by Sofia Resnick September 1, 2006September 30, 2025

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Eve of Destruction

Lawrence Wright on ‘The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11’

by Taylor Holland August 11, 2006September 30, 2025

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