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网页Featuring 306 industry-first reviews of fiction, nonfiction, children’s, and YA books; also in this issue: interviews with Mary L. Trump, Tony Tulathimutte, and David Almond; and more. One of the most coveted designations in the book industry, the Kirkus Star marks books of exceptional merit. The Kirkus Prize is among the richest literary ...
3 Powerful New Memoirs To Experience on Audiobook
网页2024年10月3日 · The three memoirs I listened to this month all include a violent crime or the threat of one, and two of the three ruminate on Gavin de Becker’s message in The Gift of Fear: The best way to stay safe is to lean hard into your first intuition of danger.It comes up in Griffin Dunne’s The Friday Afternoon Club: A Family Memoir (Penguin Random House Audio, 12 hours and 18 minutes) because the ...
THE WOMEN - Kirkus Reviews
网页2024年2月6日 · THE WOMEN. A dramatic, vividly detailed reconstruction of a little-known aspect of the Vietnam War. A young woman’s experience as a nurse in Vietnam casts a deep shadow over her life. When we learn that the farewell party in the opening scene is for Frances “Frankie” McGrath’s older brother—“a golden boy, a wild child who could make ...
Mary L. Trump Is Done Writing About Her Family | Kirkus Reviews
网页2024年9月14日 · The first depicts the grinning face of an adolescent Donald Trump; the second features a childhood snapshot of Mary, backed up against a chain-link fence. Mary, who holds graduate degrees in literature and in clinical psychology, spoke to us over Zoom from her home office in Manhattan about her books and her evolution as a writer.
Sandra Oh Narrates New ‘Pachinko’ Audiobook | Kirkus Reviews
网页6 天之前 · Photo by Rodin Eckenroth/Getty Images. Sandra Oh has lent her voice to a new audiobook edition of Min Jin Lee’s Pachinko, People magazine reports. Lee’s novel, published in 2017 by Grand Central, follows a Korean family that moves to Japan in the early 20th century. The book became a bestseller and was a finalist for the National Book Award.
3 True-Crime Tales of Crooks and Chumps | Kirkus Reviews
网页2024年9月2日 · 3 True-Crime Tales of Crooks and Chumps. BY Gregory McNamee • Sept. 2, 2024. Much crime, as Raymond Chandler delighted in telling us, hinges on two human failings. The first is that most of us are greedy. The second is that most of us are chumps, easily distracted by shiny things and the promises of con artists. Consider Alex Murdaugh.
These New Mysteries Give Readers All the Answers
网页Our starred review says Mavis’ “narration evinces a razor-sharp wit, complementing the clever, twist-riddled plot.”. Death in the Air by Ram Murali (Harper, June 18): Like The Unwedding, Murali’s debut novel is set at a glamorous resort: Indian American jet-setter Ro Krishna is vacationing at an Ayurvedic spa in the foothills of the ...
Finalists for the National Book Awards Revealed - Kirkus Reviews
网页2024年10月1日 · The National Book Awards announced this year’s shortlists, with 25 titles in contention for the prestigious literary prizes. Miranda July was named a finalist in the fiction category for All Fours, while Percival Everett made the shortlist for James, his Adventures of Huckleberry Finn retelling that has been named a finalist …