August 2012
MOST RECENT STORIES
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Hate the Players
Bruce Wagner’s novel Dead Stars doesn’t understand what makes Hollywood satire work.
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“A Hatred Fused of the Very Origins of Life”
Rachel Cusk’s memoir of her marriage’s collapse.
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Words Mean Things
Antonin Scalia teams up with David Foster Wallace’s favorite lexicographer for a revealing look at how judges read laws.
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Everyday I Hide the Book
Elvis Costello’s rock-star memoir is one of the best ever. It was written for 17 CD booklets, and it might never see the light of day again.
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Here Comes the Big One
A murder detective is on the case, world-destroying asteroid be damned.
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The Civil War’s Most Chicken General
A new history tells the story of George McClellan, the Union Army leader who almost undid Lincoln.
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Lost in the Woods
A graphic novel about ghosts, family secrets, and the danger of a town where everyone knows everyone else.
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The Audio Book Club on Capital
Our critics take on John Lanchester’s big London novel.
