David Canfield Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
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Eileen
Ottessa Moshfegh
Anne Hathaway wondering if she's gone too far. Ottessa Moshfegh realizing she has more in common with her title character than she thought. Retro aesthetics & a wild ending. Happy Sundance, and welcome to EILEEN: https://t.co/UvHi5a4nqf
Paperback, 2016
$17.00Member price:$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Jane Campion: Interviews
Jane Campion
This one means a lot to me. I spent 7 months reporting on Jane Campion, from long & emotional interviews to keeping up w/ her on the awards trail. I got to know a vulnerable, singular artist. My @VanityFair cover for @HWD on this legend's crowning moment: https://t.co/1C6qjBSY5j https://t.co/n20zhW6qU2
Paperback, 1999
$30.00Member price:$30.00 + Free shipping0% off(Limited Discount Book)
Minor Black Figures
Brandon Taylor
Taylor’s most accomplished novel — a sustained, idiosyncratic portrait of an artist.
Hardcover, 2025
$29.00Member price:$14.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Martyr!
Kaveh Akbar
One of those rare fiction debuts that introduces a voice both thrillingly original and fully formed.. Akbar’s semi-autobiographical novel dances around place and time and between perspectives, in the construction of an intimate family saga anchored by massive existential questions.
Hardcover, 2024
$28.00Member price:$14.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Elements of Agricultural Chemistry
Thomas Anderson
And with his original screenplay #BAFTA win, Paul Thomas Anderson is officially on his way to his first Oscar.
Paperback, 2021
$25.36Member price:$12.68 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Nickel Boys (Winner 2020 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction)
Colson Whitehead
My @EW profile of Colson Whitehead, a nice, brilliant, funny (!) guy writing singular, nuanced, essential books. His latest, The Nickel Boys, marks 20 years of being a published author: https://t.co/rpnsVReycq
Paperback, 2020
$18.00Member price:$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith
Jon Krakauer
For @HWD, went deep with Dustin Lance Black on his riveting new series, Under the Banner of Heaven, premiering next week: https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2022/04/awards-insider-under-the-banner-of-heaven-preview
Paperback, 2004
$20.00Member price:$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book