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New 'James Bond' Author Announced

PA/Huffington Post | Posted 04.12.2012 | Books
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Novelist William Boyd has been recruited to pen the latest adventure of 007 superspy James Bond. Boyd follows in the footsteps of authors including...

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Fake Artist's Painting Sells For Big Bucks

Posted 11.18.2011 | Arts
Read More: Fake Artist, Hoax, David Bowie, Nat Tate, Gore Vidal, William Boyd, Sotheby's, An American Artist, Fake Art, Arts News

It's not easy to make a name for yourself as an artist these days, and doubly so if you're not a real person. But there seems to have been no trouble ...

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All Things Considered: The Many Talents of Wesley Stace

David Coggins | Posted 05.25.2011 | Arts
Read More: Wesley Stace, John Wesley Harding, William Boyd, Alex Ross, Katie Roiphe, HG Wells, Eugene Mirman, Rick Moody, Bob Dylan, Kate Bush, Rebecca West, The Cabinet of Wonders, Arts News
David Coggins

Wesley Stace's eclectic talents make him a hard man to pin down. For over 20 years he's recorded highly literate folk music under the name John Wesley Harding. We spoke recently in Manhattan.

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The Best Books of the Decade

Anis Shivani | Posted 05.25.2011 | Books
Read More: Snow, My Name Is Red, The Museum of Innocence, White Teeth, Aleksander Hemon, Orhan Pamuk, Civil Liberties, Dystopian Fiction, Modernization, Margaret Atwood, William Boyd, Multiculturalism, Philip Roth, Oryx and Crake, Netherland, Immigrants, Zadie Smith, Joseph O'Neill, Poetry, Fundamentalism, Terrorism, The Plot Against America, Iraq War, Post-9/11 America, Bush Administration, Racism, Islam, Books News
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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Books To Look Forward To In 2010: The Millions' Preview

themillions.com | C. Max Magee | Posted 05.25.2011 | Books
Read More: David Foster Wallace, Ian McEwan, Roberto Bolano, Stieg Larsson, Book Preview, Henry Roth, Don Delillo, 2010 Books, John Banville, Elizabeth Kostova, Books, William Boyd, Ralph Ellis, The Swan Thieves, The Unnamed, Books News

There's something for every lover of fiction coming in 2010, but, oddly enough, the dominant theme may be posthumous publication. Roberto Bolaño's re...

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