CHRISTIAN LORENTZEN Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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Philip Roth: The Biography
Blake Bailey
An exquisitely managed career, right down to this totemic and compulsively readable biography, which young writers are well advised to consult as a blueprint for enduring literary stardom.
Paperback, 2021
$29.99$14.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Asymmetry
Lisa Halliday
RT @Byshweta: I dont know anyone who has read Lisa Halliday's 'Asymmetry', an intricate diptych of a book, but anyone interested in Roth sh…
Paperback, 2018
$16.00$8.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Main Street
Sinclair Lewis
Apparently until Sinclair Lewis's 'Main Street' came out, F. Scott Fitzgerald's favourite novel was 'The Damnation of Theron Ware' by Harold Frederic. Must have been the 'Beautiful World Where Are You' of its day. https://t.co/A0i6L16QrM
Hardcover, 1989
$34.00$17.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Sprawl
Danielle Dutton
@AliceFromQueens You might look at Sprawl by Danielle Dutton.
Paperback, 2018
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Mrs. Bridge
Evan S. Connell
RT @cscarroll222: Mrs. Bridge alone would have been enough to establish Evan Connell as one of the great novelists of the twentieth century…
Paperback, 2010
$16.95$8.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Earth Angel
Madeline Cash
Got stopped and searched at JFK on my way to Berlin because I had 'Earth Angel' by Madeline Cash and 'Dimes Square and Other Plays' by Matthew Gasda in my carry-on (a 'Paris Review' tote bag).
Paperback, 2023
$16.95$8.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Harlem Shuffle
Colson Whitehead
Excellent piece on Whitehead's 'Harlem Shuffle' by @kmahaj. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/14/books/review/colson-whitehead-harlem-shuffle.html
Paperback, 2022
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
How to Blow Up a Pipeline
Andreas Malm
RT @kunktation: In case you want to complement the NYer’s interview with Andreas Malm with my review of *How to Blow Up a Pipeline* https:/…
Paperback, 2021
$19.95$9.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Loving
Henry Green
@JohnColapinto @mervatim You guys know the Henry Green says the c-word to Mr. Shawn at the Algonquin in the course of explaining his inspiration for writing 'Loving' story, right?
Paperback, 2016
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Fire Season: Selected Essays 1984-2021
Gary Indiana
A great piece by @_ryanruby_ on a great book by Gary Indiana, 'Fire Season'. https://newleftreview.org/sidecar/posts/garys-inferno
Paperback, 2022
$23.95$11.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book