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Books Update - 'Thrumpton Hall,' by Miranda Seymour
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July 25, 2008Books Update |
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On the Cover of the Sunday Book Review
Miranda Seymour’s odd and oddly affecting memoir instantly catapults her father into the front rank of impossible and eccentric English parents. Book News & More Reviews »ADVERTISEMENT
Also in This Week's Book Review
A debut novel about William Shakespeare and his American alter ego, a hash-smoking grad student named Willie Shakespeare Greenberg. 
The novelist Larry McMurtry looks back on his long second career as a bookseller. Visuals
New art and design books reviewed. She’d worked in art history; now she was going to see the art. 
Today’s savvier consumers are said to be more impervious to advertising. Rob Walker says: nope. When the author’s mother dies, his father promptly begins dating again. 
A philosopher aims to clarify the meaning of virtue, freedom and heroism and to take the measure of villainy. 
In this humanist story collection, Uwem Akpan drives home the miseries that afflict Africa. 
A close-up look at the creators of the likes of Facebook and YouTube. With a notch in his belt for anticipating the oil crisis, Paul Roberts turns his attention to the food supply. 
This first novel, set in Malaysia, revolves around the secrets of an Indian family. Crime
In Karin Fossum’s “Black Seconds,” the loss of a child implies something awful about the future of an entire village. Also reviewed: James Lee Burke’s “Swan Peak”; Jincy Willett’s “Writing Class”; and Will Thomas’s “Black Hand.” |
Books Features
A growing number of writers have hit the rubber-chicken circuit. A midlist novelist might get $2,500 an appearance, while superstar historians can command as much as $40,000. In the News
Lee Israel forged more than 400 letters from Noël Coward, Dorothy Parker and other literary celebrities, a criminal career she recounts in her book, “Can You Ever Forgive Me?” New in StoresBooks of The Times
In Jane Mayer’s hands the legal machinations behind the war on terror make for an absorbing and disturbing story. Best Sellers
Web FeaturesRecently in the Book Review’s blog: Questions for Stacey D’Erasmo; writing about science at the outer limits; a playlist by Rick Moody. Jess Winfield, the author of “My Name Is Will”; Charles McGrath on Miranda Seymour’s memoir, “Thrumpton Hall”; Rachel Donadio with notes from the field; and Dwight Garner with best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host. Editor’s NoteThanks for taking the time to read this e-mail. Feel free to send feedback; I enjoy hearing your opinions and will do my best to respond.
Blake Wilson
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Slide Show: Letters Forged by Lee Israel
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