Literature
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Review: Bombings and a disappearance fuel Parker's new novel
Aug 10, 2020 7:00 am - 'œThen She Vanished,'ť by T. Jefferson Parker (Putnam) With each new book in T. Jefferson Parker's series featuring San Diego private detective Roland Ford, the less the...
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Review: American culture seen new in 'After the Last Border'
Aug 10, 2020 7:00 am - 'œAfter the Last Border: Two Families and the Story of Refuge in America," by Jessica Goudeau, (Viking) In this book we take a journey into American culture through the...
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Book review: Deceit and desire await in White's 'A Saint From Texas'
Aug 08, 2020 7:28 am - "A Saint From Texas," Edmund White (Bloomsbury Publishing) There is a lot to appreciate in Edmund White's "A Saint from Texas": the artful prose, the viv...
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Book Review: Deceit and desire await in White's new novel
Aug 05, 2020 7:00 am - 'œA Saint from Texas,'ť Edmund White (Bloomsbury Publishing) There is a lot to appreciate in Edmund White's 'œA Saint from Texas:'ť the artful prose, the vivid storytell...
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Book review: More supernatural horror from 'The Strain' writers
Aug 05, 2020 6:00 am - "The Hollow Ones: The Blackwood Tapes Vol. 1," by Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan (Hachette Book Group) The writing team behind "The Strain" trilogy i...
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Review: More supernatural horror from '~The Strain' writers
Aug 04, 2020 7:00 am - 'œThe Hollow Ones: The Blackwood Tapes Vol. 1,'ť by Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan (Hachette Book Group) The writing team behind 'œThe Strain'ť trilogy is back with ...
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Book review: Hank Phillippi Ryan teeters on the improbable in 'First to Lie'
Aug 04, 2020 6:00 am - "The First to Lie" by Hank Phillippi Ryan (Forge) The first liar we meet in Hank Phillippi Ryan's "First to Lie" is Nora, a pharmaceutical representative...
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Book Review: Hank Phillippi Ryan teeters on the improbable
Aug 03, 2020 7:00 am - 'œThe First to Lie,'ť by Hank Phillippi Ryan (Forge) The first liar we meet in Hank Phillippi Ryan's 'œFirst to Lie'ť is Nora, a pharmaceutical representative whose job ...
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Book review: A vet in training turns to a life of crime in 'Other People's Pets'
Aug 02, 2020 7:27 am - "Other People's Pets" by R.L. Maizes (Celadon) On the surface, La La seems stable and driven: She's in veterinary school and engaged to a chiropractor na...
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Book review: In Lauren Beukes's 'Afterland,' a mother and son go on the run in a post-pandemic America
Aug 01, 2020 7:28 am - "Afterland" by Lauren Beukes (Mulholland) Is dystopian fiction timely or just too much these days? Your response probably depends on whether you want the...