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In no way does Sweetbitter succeed in doing what you are led to expect of it: to frame the post-9/11 zeitgeist.
Read MoreYou may have read similar earlier works, but Dominic Smith’s novel is in a class of its own.
Read MoreZero K will prove refreshing to Don DeLillo’s readers in that it’s a novel of faith — a concept that he’s always been skeptical of.
Read More“Even in a terrain as epic and mythic and exotic as the Sahara, you cannot run away from the weight of your past.”
Read MoreWhat’s most interesting about And Again is precisely what gets the least narrative attention.
Read MoreThis novel about Thomas Hardy becomes not only the story of an odd triangle, but also a meditation on the nature of art.
Read More“When people ask how I became interested in history, I answer it was through an interest in popular culture and disreputable genres.”
Read MoreThe protagonist’s version of barroom existentialism works as an unofficial précis for the struggle to make it through another day of being human.
Read MoreThe writing in this novel depends on winks and nods. You’re invited to be in on a big joke, assuming it is one.
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