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A literary diamond
It made bundles of year-end top 10 lists, cinching No. 1 at the New York Times. Its sleeve is festooned in drooly hosannas from big-shot authors. It’s more than 500 pages long. That all noted, it had better be good. … Continue reading
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Let this great book spin you
The most recent book of fiction that floored me, that I consider a kind of exhaustive masterpiece, is Colum McCann’s glimmering, multilayered, super-populous epic “Let the Great World Spin.” An essential book that has found a permanent slot on my … Continue reading
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‘Tinkers,’ an exasperating jewel
Paul Harding and his debut novel “Tinkers” came out of nowhere. Early last year the book tip-toed in, making a quiet stir among literary critics and scant ripple across readers. It arrived with a tink. It should have been a small … Continue reading
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