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Deborah Friedell Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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Deborah Friedell is a contributing editor to the London Review of Books. An American at the London Review of Books

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Book Cover for: The Buddha of Suburbia, Hanif Kureishi

The Buddha of Suburbia

Hanif Kureishi
Deborah FriedellDeborah Friedell

From the @LRB archives: Hanif Kureishi's story "The Buddha of Suburbia" https://t.co/ilV9cmjJK6

Paperback, 1991

$18.00Member price:$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Confidence Man: The Making of Donald Trump and the Breaking of America, Maggie Haberman

Confidence Man: The Making of Donald Trump and the Breaking of America

Maggie Haberman
Deborah FriedellDeborah Friedell

In interviews, Maggie Haberman usually refuses to talk about her working methods: ‘sources reporting’ isn’t always pretty. I wrote about "Confidence Man" for the @LRB blog: https://t.co/z5JbUxwTQM

Hardcover, 2022

$32.00Member price:$16.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The New Life, Tom Crewe

The New Life

Tom Crewe
Deborah FriedellDeborah Friedell

I couldn't be prouder of my colleague @TomCrewe1. After you've devoured "The New Life," I suggest a read of this @LRB classic: https://t.co/lU3StiZ0Qk

Paperback, 2024

$20.00Member price:$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Benefit, Siobhan Phillips

Benefit

Siobhan Phillips
Deborah FriedellDeborah Friedell

@RohanMaitzen @akasiaisakasia That's a really good novel -- main character is an adjunct in the same department in which she was a grad student (and looks back on difficult relationship with her advisor), so sort of fits the criteria? Also, just published, "Benefit," by Siobhan Phillips.

Paperback, 2022

$17.99Member price:$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Family Roe: An American Story, Joshua Prager

The Family Roe: An American Story

Joshua Prager
Deborah FriedellDeborah Friedell

I didn't realise how little I knew about Roe v. Wade until I read Joshua Prager's book "The Family Roe". I wrote about it for the new issue of the @LRB: https://t.co/SYRIUVJEIj

Paperback, 2023

$20.00Member price:$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Giving Up the Ghost: A Memoir, Hilary Mantel

Giving Up the Ghost: A Memoir

Hilary Mantel
Deborah FriedellDeborah Friedell

In "Giving up the Ghost," Hilary Mantel referred to "the diary that no one can see till I'm dead." I have high hopes.

Paperback, 2004

$18.99Member price:$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book