Martyn Wendell Jones 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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Associate editor, @BulwarkOnline. American in Canada, writer. Dad newsletter: https://t.co/rDyLtkgNj3
Stoner
John WilliamsMartyn Wendell Jones@PeterAWBlair @bdmcclay How have I never heard of Stoner by John Williams?? I have never heard of that book. I still have never heard of it
Paperback, 2006
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The Road Through the Wall
Shirley JacksonMartyn Wendell Jonesintrigued by this teaser image from a forthcoming adaptation of Shirley Jackson's 1948 novel The Road Through the Wall https://t.co/ffKa1w21Tf
Paperback, 2013
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Havoc
Tom KristensenMartyn Wendell Jones@PeterAWBlair I am currently reading Tom Kristensen's relatable novel of an editor/writer/young dad's slide into calamitous alcoholism, Havoc, and also a collection of Gary Indiana essays, the novel Solenoid, and a further collection of Joseph Roth feuilletons, from which I derive a lot of joy
Paperback, 2018
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The Novel: A Biography
Michael SchmidtMartyn Wendell Jones(introduce yourself with seven books) 1. Moby-Dick 2. Black Lamb & Grey Falcon 3. Sources of the Self 4. The Novel: A Biography 5. The Stammering Century 6. Jesus' Son 7. 2666 https://t.co/wGq8eeeFnV
Hardcover, 2014
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Public Opinion
Walter LippmanMartyn Wendell JonesWalter Lippman's 'Public Opinion' was published one hundred years ago; the foundational problem for democratic society it identified remains apparently unsolvable. Read @ayforget's outstanding essay on the book's centenary for @BulwarkOnline: https://t.co/Vnq3SSRVwH
Paperback, 2010
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Loving
Henry GreenMartyn Wendell Jones@MatthewBArbo I remember being quite taken with Henry Green's sidelong/wrongfooting approach in 'Loving'
Paperback, 2016
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The Stammering Century
Gilbert SeldesMartyn Wendell Jones(introduce yourself with seven books) 1. Moby-Dick 2. Black Lamb & Grey Falcon 3. Sources of the Self 4. The Novel: A Biography 5. The Stammering Century 6. Jesus' Son 7. 2666 https://t.co/wGq8eeeFnV
Paperback, 2012
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Up in the Old Hotel
Joseph MitchellMartyn Wendell Jones@BCDreyer Really enjoyed this! (Also, I thought for a moment I knew of an earlier American instance of "suss," but when I paged through one of my copies of Up in the Old Hotel to find it, I discovered I was wrong—Joseph Mitchell's similar construction in 1938 was "I couldn't dope it out.")
Paperback, 1993
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Sources of the Self: The Making of the Modern Identity
Charles TaylorMartyn Wendell Jones@fxxfy Charles Taylor's remarkable Sources of the Self, which blends philosophy and intellectual history, comes to mind
Paperback, 1992
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The Pound Era
Hugh KennerMartyn Wendell Jones@nwilliams030 tie between Joe Mitchell's Up in the Old Hotel and Hugh Kenner's The Pound Era
Paperback, 1973
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