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Magnificent Rebel: Nancy Cunard in Jazz Age Paris
Readers who are curious about Cunard’s dissipation and decline or the “post-Nancy” lives of her many friends and lovers will appreciate this book’s lengthy bibliography. A good accompaniment to the multitude of other books about the Lost Generation and 1920s Paris.
Best Crime Fiction of 2022
Sisters on the run from racists, senior assassins dodging bullets, and a photographer plagued by ghosts featured in the best crime fiction of 2022.
Best Pop Fiction of 2022
The best pop fiction titles of 2022 enable readers to travel to an isolated mountain village where women disappear, Hollywood during its Golden Age, and revolutionary-era Saint-Domingue and France.
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The Resemblance
The fast pace is counterbalanced by paint-by-numbers characters, an overstuffed narrative, and an unbelievable finale. This debut is a bumpy ride.
Crooked, but Never Common: The Films of Preston Sturges
It’s obvious Klawans has pored over Sturges’s films. After reading his thoughtful analyses, film buffs will want to rewatch them, armed with new insights.
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The Most Precious Substance on Earth
Like My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russell, Bhat’s novel shows how life-altering and destructive sexual abuse can be. Unlike the protagonist of Russell’s book, Nina is less obsessed and broken, but damaged nonetheless.
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Captain of Her Soul: The Life of Marion Davies
For fans of old-Hollywood lore and classic movies, especially those starring Marion Davies. With notes, bibliography, filmography, and just enough photos to send readers to the internet in search of more images of Davies and her milieu.
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Confidence
Overstuffed with subplots and extraneous characters, this story has a confusing ending. Mostly for fans of the first book.
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We Lie Here
Hall conveys the racist atmosphere of a small town and writes knowingly of extreme family dysfunction, but the meandering narrative, self-gaslighting protagonist, and several plot holes weaken the story.
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