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John Sedgwick's widely praised novels introduced readers to the rarified enclave of Brahmin Boston, in …
Somewhat interesting history, but it actually doesn’t get as much into the madness part, which would have been more interesting than WASP lives. It’s a problem in the source material that things weren’t spoken of, but the book doesn’t really live up to what it promised at the start.
Ambassador Mahit Dzmare arrives in the center of the multi-system Teixcalaanli Empire only to discover that her predecessor, the previous …
On a remote, icy planet, the soldier known as Breq is drawing closer to completing her quest.
Once, she …
A Memory Called Empire is a 2019 science fiction novel, the debut novel by Arkady Martine. It follows Mahit Dzmare, …
When she was suddenly given the opportunity of a new life in rural Jutland, journalist and archetypal Londoner Helen Russell …
Stephen Mack Jones: August Snow (2018, Soho Press, Incorporated)
"Tough, smart, and struggling to stay afloat, August Snow is the embodiment of Detroit. The son of an African American …
What if your sense of duty required you to betray the man you love? One woman struggles to choose between …
Simon Majumdar: Fed, white, and blue (2015)
"In Fed, White, and Blue, Simon Majumdar sets off on a trek across the United States to find out what …
Review in the NY Times: www.nytimes.com/books/98/01/25/home/singer-moskat.html
