The books of Brian Castro are postmodern pantomimes that mug the dictates of genre, without ever quite escaping them.

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Perdita, by sociologist Dylan Riley, is a beautiful attempt both to relive his marriage and to see the world through his late wife’s eyes ...

Christian Kracht’s book finds a narrator much like the author on a family- and history-haunted road trip with his mother.

Nov 7, 2024 / Books & the Arts / Beatrice Loayza A conversation with the art historian Claire Bishop about technology's influence on museums and galleries, and her recent book Disordered Attention.

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The artist Tourmaline, a lifelong scholar on the life of Marsha P. Johnson, is publishing a book on the queer historical icon. Marsha: The Joy and Defiance of Marsha P. Johnson is the first full ...

The man has written seventy-seven books, so some nod to brevity is required. Any published stories compiled within a larger collection will not be ranked singularly. That still leaves sixty-plus ...

The book features never-before-seen visuals, exclusive interviews, and rare behind-the-scenes content. The movie, based on Chuck Palahniuk’s subversive novel, starred Brad Pitt, Edward Norton ...

By Jennifer Szalai When you purchase an independently reviewed book through our site ... According to “The Price of Power,” a new biography by Michael Tackett, McConnell already despised ...

Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times. Our recommended books this week include histories of corporate mismanagement and misbehavior in the 19th century (“Savings and ...