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Ian McEwan's 'Solar': The Fat Man's Vengeance (New York Review)

Posted 05.25.2011

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Michael Wood The New York Review of Books The Fat Man's Vengeance "Solar" by Ian McEwan Nan A. Talese/Doubleday, 287 pp., $26.95 "He had it coming,...

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The Worst Books Of The Decade

Posted 05.25.2011

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The Guardian, sick of all the "best of" lists, decided to figure out what the worst books of the decade have been. Asking for reader suggestions, Guar...

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Philip Roth's The Humbling Is, At 140 Pages, His Best Book In Years

Jesse Kornbluth | Posted 05.25.2011

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Roth is 76 now. He's outlived all of his rivals. He's our most prominent novelist. And over 30 books, he's learned how to disturb us -- and keep us reading.

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