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Paperback Writers: An Archive of Past Reviews
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Reissues of Daphne Du Maurier and Derek Raymond are sure to cause chills -- and don't forget Johnny Rotten
NEW IN PAPERBACK
Reissues of 'Roseanna,' 'Soldier's Heart,' 'The Book of Contemplation,' 'House of Mist' and much more
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Though Truman Capote adored spectacle, reissues of his letters, fiction and nonfiction remind us of subtler aspects of his technique.
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The disappearance of poet Weldon Kees is still unsolved, but his poetry remains to feed the appetites of his fans. Also: New paperbacks of Mario Vargas Llosa, Tom Wolfe, Les Murray and more.
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Joseph Mitchell gave a voice to the struggles of the city's hidden corners -- and loved it. Also: Books by Slavoj Zizek, Richard Hughes, Saher Alam, Christina Rossetti and more.
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The writer wandered the roads he wrote about in these heartfelt tales of desperation and desire. Also: New paperback releases by Jose Eduardo Agualusa, Marina Warner, Richard Hofstadter, Naomi Klein a
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The anthology " ' Guys and Dolls' and Other Writings" gives us a fresh look at the classic writing of Damon Runyon. Also: New paperback releases by Saul Friedlander, Fred Vargas, Peter Schrag and more.
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In 'The Summer Book' by Tove Jansson,a girl and grandmother look at life's mysteries on a tiny Finnish island.
PLUS: Books by Etgar Keret, Ada Louise Huxtable and more.
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Why James Joyce's "Ulysses" is a masterpiece, but for many it will remain an unread one; also: thrilling reissues of Edna O'Brien, Franz Kafka and more
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Almost 50 years ago, in 1959, Philip Roth published "Goodbye, Columbus," a coming-of-age love story that was short, sharp, tender and pitch-perfect, and won the National Book Award. Few writers have launched a career so auspiciously. Roth, of course, went on to win pretty much every other literary prize going, achieving almost uncontrollable celebrity with his 1969 novel "Portnoy's Complaint." Here, obviously, was a big career.
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The fairy godmother of Salman Rushdie, Jeanette Winterson and many other writers leaves behind a legacy of bold storytelling at a paperback price
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The mesmerizing power of the Icelandic novelist (and Nobelist) is in full view in a reissue of 'The Fish Can Sing.'
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Plus: The short list of paperbacks you won't want to miss
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Careers have arcs. Writers develop and change, as evidenced by "I Explain a Few Things: Selected Poems" (Farrar, Straus & Giroux: 360 pp., $16), a new bilingual anthology of the great Chilean poet Pablo Neruda, and "Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman" (Vintage: 384 pp., $14.95), a collection of 24 stories spanning more than two decades by Haruki Murakami. Neruda died in 1973 at 69, while Murakami, approaching 60, is happily very much still with us.
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Robin Cook, the first Robin Cook (not the guy who writes bestselling medical thrillers), was born in London in 1931 and died there 63 years later, suggesting an order otherwise absent in a chaotic and almost dottily brave life. Cook, married five times, was the son of a millionaire British textile magnate, born with the silver spoon and all that. He went to school at Eton, "the assembly line for rulers and bastards" (as he called it). Then, rather than proceed to Oxbridge or the army, he rebelled against his background, drifting into a world of petty, and sometimes not so petty, crime — his affable manners and toff accent were useful in ways that he hadn't expected. He was an excellent con man.
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By Richard Rayner