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1. Books for summer: Twenty-six of our reviewers discuss the books they'd like to read on holiday

Author

Beard, Mary, Bulson, Eric, Byers, Sam, Clark, Alex, Collard, David, Davis, Lydia, Griffiths, Clare, Haas, Lidija, Harman, Claire, Harvey, Rosalind, Hildyard, Daisy, Jensen, Hal, Kelly, Stuart, Leith, Sam, Lewis-Kraus, Gideon, Lowdon, Claire, Meaney, Thomas, Kelly, Alison, Polonsky, Rachel, Scurr, Ruth, Simpson, Helen, Thirlwell, Adam, Thonemann, Peter, Webb, Kate, Wilson, Emily, and Wilson, Frances

Subjects
Nonfiction, Fiction, Literature/writing
Abstract

MARY BEARD John Williams's novel Stoner became a must-read rediscovery of 2013. I'm afraid I resisted. But I am intending to sit down this summer with the last of his [...]

Published
2014

2. Believing in the record: A reflection on the life and work of V. S. Naipaul.

Author

MEANEY, THOMAS

Subjects
*AUTHORS, *FICTION, *POLITICAL fiction, *TRAVEL writing
Abstract

The article discusses writer V.S. Naipaul includign his birth in Trinidad in 1932, his education in England, his profession of writing, the characters in his novel, his 1967 novel "The Mimic Men" mentioned as his finest, his writing style, and his usage of words. It discusses his biography "The World Is What It Is" by Patrick French, his nonfiction writing, last novel in 2004 "Magic Seeds," and his writing which included political novels, short stories, travel reports and memoirs.

Published
2018

4. Aunt Muffin.

Author

MEANEY, THOMAS

Subjects
*NONFICTION, *FICTION
Abstract

The article reviews the books "Cheever: A Life," by Blake Bailey as well as "Collected Stories and Other Writings" and "Complete Novels: The Wapshot Chronicle, the Wapshot Scandal, Bullet Park, Falconer, Oh What a Paradise It Seems," by John Cheever, edited by Blake Bailey.

Published
2009

5. A lady found.

Author

MEANEY, THOMAS

Subjects
*NONFICTION, *FICTION
Abstract

The article reviews the books "On the Divide: The many lives of Willa Cather," by David Porter and "Youth and the Bright Medusa," by Willa Cather.

Published
2009

6. Interior designs.

Author

MEANEY, THOMAS

Subjects
*FRIENDSHIP in literature, *FICTION
Abstract

The article reviews the book "Subtle Bodies: A Novel," by Norman Rush.

Published
2013

7. Disastrous choices.

Author

Meaney, Thomas

Subjects
*FICTION
Abstract

The article reviews the book "Canada," by Richard Ford.

Published
2012

8. A certain sense of place.

Author

MEANEY, THOMAS

Subjects
*FICTION
Abstract

The article reviews the books "William Maxwell: Early Novels and Stories" and "William Maxwell: Later Novels and Stories" by William Maxwell and edited to Christopher Carduff.

Published
2009

9. A talent for self-invention.

Author

Meaney, Thomas

Subjects
*FRIENDSHIP in literature, *FICTION
Abstract

The article reviews the book "Matters of Honor," by Louis Begley.

Published
2007

10. Books for summer.

Author

BEARD, MARY, BULSON, ERIC, BYERS, SAM, CLARK, ALEX, COLLARD, DAVID, DAVIS, LYDIA, GRIFFITHS, CLARE, GROVIER, KELLY, HAAS, LIDIJA, HILDYARD, DAISY, JENSEN, HAL, KELLY, STUART, LAPOINTE, MICHAEL, LEITH, SAM, LOWDON, CLAIRE, MCBRIDE, EIMEAR, MEANEY, THOMAS, REGIS, AMBER K., SCURR, RUTH, and THIRLWELL, ADAM

Subjects
*NONFICTION, *FICTION
Published
2015

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