The catcher in the what-now?!
THIS GUY. New books forthcoming by J.D. Salinger, and also Aziz Ansari. And new TV show & movie adaptations! News round-up for the week ending August 25, 2013.
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The Dreamcatcher
Samantha Shannon’s clairvoyant dystopian series The Bone Season begins! Don’t call her the “next J.K. Rowling” though.
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Anchorman: The Legend Continues… in book form!
Plus: Universal Pictures Emerging Writers Fellowship, the internet’s power over publishing, the “Strong Female Character,” and comedy writing! News round-up for the week ending August 18, 2013.
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The Artist as a Young Biker Babe
In Rachel Kushner’s The Flamethrowers, a motorcyclist-artist-chick revs through the 1970s NYC art world.
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Back in the USSR!
First time novelist Elliott Holt coolly takes on the Cold War, the 1980s, and friendships lost in You Are One of Them.
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Eternal Summer
A group of NYC teens come of age (and come of life) after art camp in Meg Wolitzer’s decade-spanning The Interestings.
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The Bling Ring
Making it rain at the Chinese wedding of the year when Old Money meets modest Money in Kevin Kwan’s debut Crazy Rich Asians.
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