James Woods 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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A House for Mr. Biswas
V. S. NaipaulHistorical time tells us that Mr. Biswas’s life was not worth writing. Novelistic time is more forgiving. Naipaul’s novel takes in Mohun Biswas’s life episode by episode, telling it from inside his protagonist’s comprehension, as a story of tremulous ambition and anxiety.
Paperback, 2001
$19.00Member price:$9.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Orbital: A Novel (Booker Prize Winner)
Samantha HarveySamantha Harvey has written a magnificently strange and utterly original book that makes it just a little easier to believe in that particular miracle. When it comes to belief, isn’t that quite a lot to be getting on with?
Hardcover, 2023
$24.00Member price:$12.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Ray Donovan: Screenplay
Marino S. SantiYes, my dear friend, Ann Biderman, created RAY DONOVAN and asked if I would play a character based on Whitey Bulger. It was the first time I ever took a role that hadn’t been written yet. She’s such a great writer, however, I completely trusted her. I wasn’t disappointed! https://t.co/qjrBcQjkas
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My Beloved Life
Amitava KumarThe novelist then tenderly sows the hundred and fifty or so pages with a trail of story and detail, and the remarkable life becomes also a beloved life, one compassionately appraised by the noticing novelist. And what noticing!
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