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Friday, December 28, 2007
BOOK EVENTS:
"Gum Thief" | Office supplies and ennui Douglas Coupland's new novel, "The Gum Thief," begins promisingly, with a first-person introduction to the gloomy, disappointed Roger, a middle-age nobody who works at Staples. Book Review "Night Train," a chance meeting and a lifelong quest This overarching novel, "Night Train to Lisbon," has been a huge international best-seller for the past five years, encompassing the lifelong meditations of one man and the ruminations of another in search of himself. A tightknit group of gal pals Author Kate Jacobs, with her debut novel "The Friday Night Knitting Club" (Berkley, 384 pp., $14), delivers a thoroughly pleasant read ... Book Review An insider takes the Democrats to task "Heroes, Hacks, and Fools: Memoirs from the Political Inside" by Ted Van Dyk University of Washington Press, 306 pp., $24.95 "Heroes, Hacks, and Fools"... Coetzee's playful "Diary of a Bad Year" The idea of an "essay-novel" continues to draw writers. German author W.G. Sebald ("Austerlitz") produced great work in this hybrid vein. Now Nobel laureate J.M. Coetzee has a startling amount of fun with it in "Diary of a Bad Year." Book Review How not to read this book I almost wish I hadn't read "How to Talk About Books You Haven't Read" by Pierre Bayard, the French best-seller which numbed my brain more than it assuaged my guilt. Local offerings A selection of new titles by Washington authors, or of local interest. Minneapolis ousts Seattle as most literate city Like a top-heavy tower of books, Seattle tumbled from its ranking as "America's Most Literate City" this year. The new winner: Minneapolis... Best sellers
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