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Announcing the Death of the Post-9/11 Novel

Anis Shivani | Posted 05.25.2011

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Anis Shivani

Novelists didn't have to think much in the way of plot. 9/11 happened before, during, or after, to change everything (as Bush and Ashcroft had it, the world changed, nothing was the same after 9/11).

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The Best Books of the Decade

Anis Shivani | Posted 05.25.2011

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Anis Shivani

Orhan Pamuk's The Museum of Innocence will be interpreted by clueless reviewers as one about "obsession," just as they might view Nabokov's Lolita to be about "pedophilia."

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The Best Book Of The Decade

Alexander Nazaryan | Posted 05.25.2011

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Alexander Nazaryan

No novel better captures the background dread of everyday life these days -- terrorism jitters, credit-default swaps, mutant flu strains -- than Joseph O'Neill's "Netherland".

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Why Obama Is Reading "Netherland" (And Why You Should Too)

Ariel Gonzalez | Posted 05.25.2011

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Ariel Gonzalez

After having finished Netherland, I can see why President Obama added it to his reading list. Aside from being extraordinarily well-written, it's...

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Obama's Reading "Netherland," By Joseph O'Neill

CNN | Peter Hamby | Posted 05.25.2011

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In an interview for the upcoming issue of the New York Times magazine, the president said he's grown tired of briefing books and has been spending his...

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Joseph O'Neill's Netherland Wins PEN/Faulkner Prize

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK — Joseph O'Neill's "Netherland," an acclaimed post-Sept. 11 novel bypassed for the National Book Awards and the National Book Critics C...

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