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Review: Paul Newman memoir stuns with brutal honesty

By DOUGLASS K. DANIEL
Oct 18, 2022 7:00 am - 'œThe Extraordinary Life of an Ordinary Man: A Memoir'ť by Paul Newman (Knopf): Paul Newman may have been a better actor than many moviegoers realized. Self-assured in h...
Book review: Barbara Kingsolver takes on 'David Copperfield'

By Rob Merrill Associated Press
Oct 18, 2022 6:00 am - "Demon Copperhead" by Barbara Kingsolver (Harper) "Demon Copperhead," the latest from Barbara Kingsolver, is a modern re-imagining of "David Copperfield,...
Review: Barbara Kingsolver takes on '~David Copperfield'

By ROB MERRILL
Oct 17, 2022 7:00 am - 'œDemon Copperhead'ť by Barbara Kingsolver (Harper) 'œDemon Copperhead,'ť the latest from Barbara Kingsolver, is a modern reimagining of 'œDavid Copperfield,'ť set in Ap...
Review: A new collection from a master of the short story

By ANN LEVIN
Oct 17, 2022 7:00 am - 'œLiberation Day,'ť by George Saunders (Random House) George Saunders is back with a new collection of short stories that feature his usual dystopian worlds and heartlan...
Review: John Irving writes long tale 'The Last Chairlift'

By ROB MERRILL
Oct 17, 2022 7:00 am - 'œThe Last Chairlift'ť by John Irving (Simon & Schuster) After 54 years and 15 novels, John Irving's finally done it. He's written a book longer than most editions of '...
Book review: 'The Fall Guy' accurately portrays police procedures

By Bruce DeSilva Associated Press
Oct 16, 2022 11:00 pm - "Fall Guy" by Archer Mayor (Minotaur) A Mercedes sedan, stolen a few days earlier in New Hampshire, is found abandoned in Vermont. It is crammed with sto...
Review: Birds and burdens in Lydia Millet's 'Dinosaurs'

By AMANCAI BIRABEN
Oct 12, 2022 7:00 am - 'œDinosaurs,'ť by Lydia Millet (W.W. Norton) Besides moving on from a bad breakup, Gil, the protagonist of Lydia Millet's 'œDinosaurs,'ť walks from New York to Phoenix b...
Anthony Bourdain biography is a profile of a man spiraling

By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer
Oct 11, 2022 6:00 am - NEW YORK - Biographers try as best they can to walk in the shoes of their subjects. Charles Leerhsen took it a step further: He slept in the same French hotel room where...
Review: History of movie academy favors facts over melodrama

By DOUGLASS K. DANIEL
Oct 10, 2022 7:00 am - 'œThe Academy and the Award: The Coming of Age of Oscar and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences'ť by Bruce Davis (Brandeis University Press) Film historians ...
Review: WWII novel sets high bar for historical fiction

By DONNA EDWARDS
Oct 10, 2022 7:00 am - 'œCradles of the Reich'ť by Jennifer Coburn (Sourcebooks Landmark) Gundi, Irma and Hilde all find themselves at a Lebensborn Society house for future mothers who are dee...

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