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“I think a lot of people around town are fairly aware of the Red Sox’s checkered history in terms of race.”
Assaf Gavron’s sweeping, smart, often funny new novel spins a satiric update on Exodus.
After reading this scholarly and accessible biography, I am convinced that Storm Jameson’s life is a must for anyone fascinated by the history of women writers in the 20th century.
The success of this short novel set in Japan lies in the empathy it creates for a pair of ordinary and lonely characters.
Ace film blogger Farran Smith Nehme’s first novel grows directly out of her adoration of classic American cinema.
Andrew Roberts has succeeded in a single volume in reconciling the two faces of this historical colossus.
Tim Page on a generous sampling of Virgil Thomson’s best music criticism – trenchant, outspoken, oftentimes delightfully clever, and always assured.
Marian Schwartz’s careful translation of Anna Karenina is exquisitely mindful of the book’s complex linguistic texture.
Entertaining yet incisive, The Conquest of Plassans remains a devastatingly acute reminder that religion and politics make surprisingly compatible bedfellows.
Book Commentary: Dreiser’s “The Titan” Turns 100 — America’s “Downton Abbey”
Theodore Dreiser’s The Titan is not the greatest novel about American business, but it is still among the best, an honorable runner-up that turned 100 this year.
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