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Twelve Churches is a hugely accomplished and endlessly readable book, rich in historical and ecclesiastical detail
Many books mix fiction and memoir. Successfully incorporating criticism into a novel is more unusual
Buckeye is a fine illustration of how drawing-room tensions can fester and become matters of historical significance.
A new Woolf typescript is cause for celebration. Two cheers for Seshagiri. But this new edition is a weak casket
Noel Parmentel’s quote, ‘The right wing was fun back then,’ is one of the takeaways from Daniel J. Flynn’s new book
Julia Clark’s new novel succeeds both as a gripping mystery and a sly commentary on the art of storytelling itself
Most people who endure half as much loathing and ridicule as Paltrow would be having public mental health struggles
Nicholas Boggs has written the first major biography of the writer in more than 30 years
His travel journals reveal him to be a hopeful, humane thinker – unlike Sartre
As for the efficacy of assassination campaigns, Ball is doubtful
