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11 New Books We Recommend This Week
Happy Thanksgiving to our American readers. Our recommended books this week include a presidential memoir, a couple of looks at the culture of big tech…
Freddie Mercury REFUSED to let his parents visit one final time because he loved them
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The Brilliant, Bitter, Unlikable Scion of an American Political Dynasty
THE LAST AMERICAN ARISTOCRATThe Brilliant Life and Improbable Education of Henry Adams By David S. Brown Bushes, Roosevelts, Kennedys, Clintons: Where would any of them…
What if Peter Rabbit and Mr. McGregor Had Joined Forces?
ALICE’S FARMA Rabbit’s TaleBy Maryrose Wood As “Alice’s Farm” opens, the Harveys — Carl, a fifth grader; his baby sister, Marie; and their parents, Sally…
The Wild, Rangy, Unclassifiable Delights of Joy Williams’s Fiction
If the vanity of writers is originality, the vice of critics is classification. Novelists and poets show off their bright plumage and emit their unique…
Essay Collections on Home, Culture and Everything in Between
MAYBE THE PEOPLE WOULD BE THE TIMESBy Luc Sante328 pp. Verse Chorus. Paper, $19.95. Sante’s collection of essays is a cabinet of curiosities, filled with…
Dissecting Black Love, White Tears and Racialized Sexual Panic
WHITE FRIGHT The Sexual Panic at the Heart of America’s Racist HistoryBy Jane Dailey343 pp. Basic Books. $30. There’s a moment in Raoul Peck’s 2016…
Undreamed Waters, Unexpected Shores
THE WANDERERBy Peter Van den Ende THE LIGHTS & TYPES OF SHIPS AT NIGHTWritten by Dave EggersIllustrated by Annie Dills Like many great 19th-century novels,…
David Byrne on Turning ‘American Utopia’ Into a Book
Subscribe: iTunes | Google Play Music | How to Listen David Byrne is still most famous as a musician, but his multihyphenate talents are on…