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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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The New Canon: Atonement by Ian McEwan
Ian McEwan's masterful novel starts out like a Jane Austen country romance but ends up a post-modern meta-fiction.
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Book Review: Indignation by Philip Roth
Philip Roth delivers a coming-of-age story about an indignant teenager whose conflicts seem destined to lead to an early grave.
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The New Canon: Possession - A Romance by A.S. Byatt
A.S. Byatt masterfully juxtaposes a modern day love story and a secret Victorian romance in a novel of academic intrigue.
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Book Review: Nothing to Be Frightened Of by Julian Barnes
“I don’t believe in God, but I miss Him,” author Julian Barnes claims in this peculiar book about spirituality and death.
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The New Canon: Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace
In an age of down-scaled novels, David Foster Wallace's Infinite Jest was four pounds of prose, and no fat!
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The New Canon: Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami
In Kafka on the Shore, Haruki Murakami creates a strange world where magical dream landscapes intersect modern urban life.
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Remembering David Foster Wallace (1962-2008)
Dead at age forty-six, he will be remembered as one of the most brilliant writers of his generation.
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Book Review: Home by Marilynne Robinson
Marilynne Robinson's new novel tells the exact same story as her last novel. What's going on here?
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The New Canon: The Fortress of Solitude by Jonathan Lethem
Jonathan Lethem mixes superheroes and magical realism with a stark coming-of-age story.
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The New Canon: Gilead by Marilynne Robinson
In her Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, Marilynne Robinson finds transcendent poetry in the musings of a dying minister
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