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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: Run by Ann Patchett
In a year of many outstanding novels, this is one of the finest.
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Book Review: The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz
Readers have been expecting Junot Diaz's debut novel for more than a decade. Was it worth the wait?
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Book Review: Bad Monkeys by Matt Ruff
Matt Ruff's latest novel moves ahead with the crazy, unhinged energy of a video game.
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Life After Potter: Ten Adventure Novels That Will Keep Youngsters Reading
These battle-tested novels will help your children survive Potter withdrawal.
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Book Review: Travels with Herodotus by Ryszard Kapuściński
A modern reporter covers revolutions and coups with the help of an ancient historian.
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Book Review: The Savage Detectives by Roberto Bolaño
Roberto Bolaño finds posthumous fame with a quirky novel about two rambling writers in search of a missing poet from the 1920s
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Oprah's Book Club Picks Middlesex for its Summer Selection
Jeffrey Eugenides' epic novel gets a boost from America's leading talk show host, baristas be damned.
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Book Review: On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan
Ian McEwan charts the course of honeymoon night that goes terribly astray.
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Book Review: A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
Khaled Hosseini depicts the plight of two women against the turbulent backdrop of recent Afghan history.
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Book Review: Falling Man by Don DeLillo
Don DeLillo explores 9-11 and its aftermath in his latest novel.
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