Alexandra Alter Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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“Less is Lost”... follows [the author's] hapless hero and alter-ego, the struggling novelist Arthur Less, as he takes a cross-country tour of the American South in a camper van with a pug named Dolly. Calamity and hilarity ensue.

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This year's Booker Prize goes to Douglas Stuart's debut novel ‘Shuggie Bain.’ I spoke to him about his writing last month. https://t.co/cet5XDKgWn

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Jason Mott’s “Hell of a Book,” Anthony Doerr’s “Cloud Cuckoo Land” and Lauren Groff’s “Matrix” are among this year’s National Book Award fiction finalists https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/05/books/national-book-awards-shortlist-finalists-2021.html

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Imani Perry won National Book Award for ‘South to America’ and Tess Gunty won the fiction prize for her debut novel, “The Rabbit Hutch.” @Liz_A_Harris covered all the winners and speeches last night. https://t.co/rjKPDAjVMM

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Friends of Salman Rushdie spoke to us about his novel, "Victory City," which marks his return to the literary stage. “He is saying something quite profound,” said Colum McCann. “‘You will never take the fundamental act of storytelling away from people.’ https://t.co/pw5rb8sMvE

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For a lot of readers, Gabrielle Zevin seemed to come out of nowhere with her bestseller "Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow." I spoke to her about all the successes and failure that came before. https://t.co/IobslfSqjt

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Mo is riveted by the glorious New York Times Book Review of @jacobgoldstein's "Money," which @RD_Economist calls "vibrant and accessible."  https://t.co/idXN9eL9Z1 @nytimesbooks @planetmoney https://t.co/OvDZXq7Y1H

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Imani Perry won National Book Award for ‘South to America’ and Tess Gunty won the fiction prize for her debut novel, “The Rabbit Hutch.” @Liz_A_Harris covered all the winners and speeches last night. https://t.co/rjKPDAjVMM

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Most of the narrative takes place in the claustrophobic, delirious confines of the jungle, an environment Herzog is intimately familiar with and evokes with eerie precision. “I function well there,” he said. “It’s a place of fever dreams.”

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Obit for the legendary editor Robert Gottlieb. Several years ago when I spoke to Robert Caro about working with Gottlieb, he said, “We’re two people out of another age. Sometimes I feel like we’re the last two.” https://t.co/0G10cJPYYW