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Review: The kids are still not alright in 'The Shards'

Review: The kids are still not alright in 'The Shards'

鈥淭he Shards,鈥 by Bret Easton Ellis (Alfred A. Knopf) It鈥檚 the 1980s and rich prep school students in Los Angeles are living the life of absentee parents, fancy cars, drugs, sex and disaffection.
Review: Oral history of Rikers Island reveals city's failure

Review: Oral history of Rikers Island reveals city's failure

"Rikers: An Oral History," by Graham Rayman and Reuven Blau (Random House) In these times, when people disagree about seemingly everything, just about everyone interviewed for this book concurs on the thesis: the New York City jails on Rikers Island
Boris Johnson signs deal for memoir of turbulent premiership

Boris Johnson signs deal for memoir of turbulent premiership

LONDON (AP) 鈥 Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has signed a deal to write a memoir of his tumultuous time in office, which began with a vow to 鈥済et Brexit done鈥 and ended in scandal and resignation.
Prince Harry's memoir opens at a record-setting sales pace

Prince Harry's memoir opens at a record-setting sales pace

NEW YORK (AP) 鈥 No, the public has not tired of hearing about Prince Harry . Sales for 鈥淪pare" have placed the Duke of Sussex in some rarefied company.
Monica Heisey says divorce in her 20s inspired debut novel 'Really Good, Actually'

Monica Heisey says divorce in her 20s inspired debut novel 'Really Good, Actually'

TORONTO 鈥 Writer Monica Heisey says her own divorce at the age of 28 inspired her novel "Really Good, Actually," because she didn't see her experience reflected in pop culture and wanted to change that.

Apple-Books-Top-10

US Bestseller List - Paid Books 1. It Ends with Us by Colleen Hoover - 9781501110375 - (Atria Books) 2. It Starts with Us by Colleen Hoover - 9781668001233 - (Atria Books) 3.
Philip Roth tribute to be held in his native New Jersey

Philip Roth tribute to be held in his native New Jersey

NEW YORK (AP) 鈥 Authors Ottessa Moshfegh and Susan Choi and actors John Turturro and Mary-Louise Parker will be among dozens of featured guests at a Philip Roth tribute in the late novelist's New Jersey hometown.
鈥楽pare鈥 but not stingy: takeaways from Prince Harry鈥檚 memoir

鈥楽pare鈥 but not stingy: takeaways from Prince Harry鈥檚 memoir

From the book's opening citation of William Faulkner, to Prince Harry's passionate bond with his wife Meghan, you could almost call the Duke of Sussex's memoir 鈥淭he Americanization of Prince Harry.
Review: Janet Malcolm鈥檚 quasi-memoir on pictures and memory

Review: Janet Malcolm鈥檚 quasi-memoir on pictures and memory

鈥淪till Pictures: On Photography and Memory,鈥 by Janet Malcolm (Farrar, Straus and Giroux) When Janet Malcolm died 18 months ago at 86, her New Yorker colleague Ian Frazier wrote a eulogy for the magazine noting that the famed and feared journalist ha
Sarah Cooper memoir 'Foolish' scheduled for October release

Sarah Cooper memoir 'Foolish' scheduled for October release

NEW YORK (AP) 鈥 The title alone of Sarah Cooper's upcoming memoir is a hint that she doesn't plan to flatter herself.
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