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Ted Gioia is a writer and musician. He is the author of Delta Blues, The History of Jazz and, most recently, The Birth (and Death) of the Cool.
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Book Review: The Humbling by Philip Roth
Welcome to the late style of Philip Roth, where hanky-panky is less exciting than hara-kiri
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Book Review: Chronic City by Jonathan Lethem
Chronic City seems likes a typical buddy novel set in New York, until the robots and space weapons show up.
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Conceptual Fiction: Conjure Wife by Fritz Leiber
Fritz Leiber was a chess player, preacher, college teacher, champion fencer, Shakespearian actor...and, yes, a great storyteller.
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The New Canon: The Sea by John Banville
The Sea is a dark and haunting story of a widower who returns to the scene of his first romance.
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Conceptual Fiction: Some of Your Blood by Theodore Sturgeon
Theodore Sturgeon has written a grand unclassifiable novel. Is it fantasy, horror, mystery or experimental fiction? You be the judge.
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Book Review: Generosity by Richard Powers
Richard Powers shows that DNA and fiction can mix in this story of woman who is hard-wired to be happy.
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Book Review: The Manual of Detection by Jedediah Berry
This strange detective story can't decide whether it wants to solve a mystery or just be a mystery
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Conceptual Fiction: Flatland by Edwin A. Abbott
Edwin Abbott's strange cult novel from 1884 is set in two dimensional space populated by squares, circles, triangles and lines.
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The New Canon: The Known World by Edward P. Jones
There are deep moral lessons in this brilliant novel by Edward Jones, but they aren’t pre-digested for the reader
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The New Canon: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
An autistic youngster decides to solve a crime and ends up learning that the real mystery starts at home.
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