Books
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Ian McEwan Returns With a Tale of Adolescent Lust and Adult Lassitude
LESSONSBy Ian McEwan431 pages. Alfred A. Knopf. $30. Nobody is better at writing about entropy, indignity and ejaculation — among…
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In ‘Strangers to Ourselves,’ a Revelatory Account of Mental Illness
STRANGERS TO OURSELVESUnsettled Minds and the Stories That Make UsBy Rachel Aviv276 pages. Farrar, Straus & Giroux. $28. Rachel Aviv…
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Agatha Christie’s Latest Biographer Plumbs a Life of Mystery
AGATHA CHRISTIEAn Elusive WomanBy Lucy Worsley415 pages. Pegasus Crime. $29.95. Agatha Christie’s best books have crisp dialogue and high ...
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Sex and Murder in Maggie O’Farrell’s Overwrought Historical Drama
THE MARRIAGE PORTRAIT, by Maggie O’Farrell Does great sex yield great children? Norman Mailer thought so (of course), but other…
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Jared Kushner’s ‘Breaking History’ Is a Soulless and Very Selective Memoir
BREAKING HISTORYA White House MemoirBy Jared Kushner492 pages. Broadside Books. $35. The United States Secret Service isn’t known for its…
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All About My Mother
A WOMAN’S BATTLES AND TRANSFORMATIONS By Édouard Louis. Translated by Tash Aw. Late in Édouard Louis’s new novel, “A Woman’s…
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The Old Men and the Sea
For the past 41 years, around July 21, fans of Ernest Hemingway have been throwing him one of the most…
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Heard the One About the Hole That Swallowed Part of Chicago?
MOUNT CHICAGO, by Adam Levin Adam Levin’s expansive new novel begins with a high-concept catastrophe. One day in November 2021,…
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‘Mothercare’ Takes a Hard Look at What Happens When Duty Outlives Love
MOTHERCAREOn Obligation, Love, Death, and AmbivalenceBy Lynne TillmanIllustrated. 161 pages. Soft Skull. $23. Care work — tending to the sick…
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Read Your Way Through Cairo
Credit...Raphaelle MacaronThis story is part of a new series exploring the world through books. We’ve asked some of our favorite…