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It feels like a cheat to reveal Beatlebone’s unfolding secret, or even the main character’s identity, and deprive…
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Gregg LaGambina is a writer living in Los Angeles.
Oct 19 2015
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There is another, better book hidden inside Elvis Costello’s 670-page memoir Unfaithful Music & Disappearing Ink.…
Sep 14 2015
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For Jonathan Franzen, form and function are inseparable: to write seriously about the human condition requires a…
Mar 23 2015
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David Vann is one of the more curious creatures of American letters. He was born in Alaska, currently lives and…
Feb 25 2015
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A note to idlers and procrastinators everywhere: The next time you think you don’t have the energy to “deal,” think…
Feb 16 2015
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In a book that’s partly about literal and metaphorical surfaces, it’s only fitting that the story should begin…
Dec 17 2014
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Welcome back to AVQ&A, where we throw out a question for discussion among the staff and readers. Consider this a…
Nov 4 2014
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After publishing nearly 20 books, including novels, short stories, poetry, essays, and plays, Denis Johnson doesn’t…
Sep 29 2014
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Martin Amis provides a clue—a few pages into the “Acknowledgments And Afterword” for his 15th novel, The Zone Of…
Sep 8 2014
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Ian McEwan’s 13th novel, The Children Act, is so perfectly made, well-mannered, studied, and astute, any reader…
May 12 2014
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No one reads the novels of Stanley Elkin anymore, so it could be misconstrued as a kind of slight to claim that with…
Mar 24 2014
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Maybe the peripatetic nature of Alex Chilton’s life combined with his reluctance to be classified as a particular…
Mar 10 2014
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Blake Bailey’s remarkable memoir, The Splendid Things We Planned: A Family Portrait, is a reminder that the best…
Jan 27 2014
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The question of where to begin with a review of Richard Powers’ 11th novel, Orfeo, is a complex one. Yet it…
Jan 21 2014
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Every day, Watch This offers staff recommendations inspired by a new movie coming out that week. This week: Stoked…
Jan 20 2014
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The titular Andrew is on his ex-wife’s doorstep, listening to her new husband cut him down to size:
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This year, The A.V. Club invited our regular book writers and staff to pick their favorite books released in 2013.…
Nov 20 2013
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Every day, Watch This offers staff recommendations inspired by a new movie coming out that week. This week: The…
Nov 18 2013
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Near the end of Robert Stone’s new novel, Death Of The Black-Haired Girl, Eddie Stack, reeling from the death of his…
Sep 25 2013
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“The Bible celebrates many killings,” writes the nameless narrator of David Vann’s fourth novel, Goat Mountain.…