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Book Review: “The Red Arrow” — All Aboard!

When did we last see a novel of such stimulating complexity that’s so downright hopeful too?

By: Drew Hart Filed Under: Books, Featured, Review Tagged: Drew Hart, knopf, The Red Arrow, William Brewer

Book Review: “In the Land of Good Living” — Satisfying Your Gonzo Curiosity

Ah, Florida, “the grease trap under America’s George Foreman Grill”: not just “weird America,” also “impending America.”

By: Drew Hart Filed Under: Books, Featured, Review Tagged: Drew Hart, In the Land of Good Living, Kent Russell, knopf

Book Review: “In Extremis” — A Flawed Heroine

In Extremis is required reading not only for anyone interested in war, but for anyone interested in how an unusual woman makes her way in the world.

By: Roberta Silman Filed Under: Books, Featured, Review Tagged: biography, In Extremis, knopf, Lindsey Hilsum, Marie Colvin

Book Review: “Washington Black” — Grappling with the Meanings of Liberty

In Washington Black novelist Esi Edugyan has defied the cliché of the escaped slave discovering freedom.

By: Roberta Silman Filed Under: Books, Featured, Review Tagged: American racism, Esi Edugyan, fiction, knopf, Washington Black

Book Review: “The Girl at the Baggage Claim” – An Exploration of Avocado Pits and In(ter)dependent Selves

What could easily have become a dense, jargon-filled work of cultural psychology instead reads like a thoughtful conversation.

By: Arts Fuse Editor Filed Under: Books, Featured, Review Tagged: Anne Mai Yee Jansen, Explaining the East-West Culture Gap, Gish Jen, knopf, The Girl at the Baggage Claim

Book Review: “The Menorah” and “The Book of Aron”

Two books — one nonfiction, the other fiction — that deal with Jewish history.

By: Roberta Silman Filed Under: Books, Featured, Review Tagged: Harvard University Press, Holocaust, Jim Shepard, knopf, Menorah, Stephen Fine, The Book of Aron, The Menorah From the Bible to Modern Israel

Fuse Book Review: Novelist Jay McInerney — Nimble Chronicler of America’s Upper Class

Jay McInerney’s characters may live on exotic mixed drinks and fine wines, but they still suffer moral dilemmas and have consciences they cannot silence.

By: Arts Fuse Editor Filed Under: Books, Featured, Review Tagged: American fiction, Bright, Jay McInerney, knopf, New York City, Precious Days, Thomas Filbin

Fuse Book Review: “Sweetbitter” — Stale Flavour Du Jour

In no way does Sweetbitter succeed in doing what you are led to expect of it: to frame the post-9/11 zeitgeist.

By: Gerald Peary Filed Under: Books, Featured, Review Tagged: fiction, knopf, Stephanie Danler, Sweetbitter

Book Review: “The English and Their History” — A Panoramic View of the Past

With this excellent volume, Robert Tombs offers further proof that there should be no variance between good history and good writing.

By: Arts Fuse Editor Filed Under: Books, Featured, Review Tagged: English History, knopf, Robert Tombs, The English and Their History, Thomas Filbin

Book Review: Ned Beauman’s Unconventional “Glow”

Glow is a witty, accessible, but at times overly ambitious journey through the world of exotic drugs, the chemistry of romance, and the insidious effects of globalization.

By: Matt Hanson Filed Under: Books, Featured, Review Tagged: Glow, knopf, Matt Hanson, Ned Bauman

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