‘The Last Great Road Bum,’ by Héctor Tobar: An Excerpt
An excerpt from “The Last Great Road Bum,” by Héctor Tobar
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
Helen Macdonald Offers a Bird’s-Eye View of the Natural World
“Vesper Flights” is a collection of essays exploring the connection between humans and the world at large.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
The Trauma of the Civil War Lives On in Faulkner’s Fiction
“The Saddest Words,” by the scholar Michael Gorra, argues that America’s troubled racial past is the central, if often unspoken, theme at the heart of Faulkner’s work.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
Jon Meacham on John Lewis, the Legend and the Man
Meacham’s “His Truth Is Marching On” tells the story of the young John Lewis up to the time he entered Congress.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
What It Took to Get El Chapo Behind Bars for Life
“El Jefe,” by the New York Times reporter Alan Feuer, tells the incredible story of how the legendarily elusive drug trafficker was finally captured for good.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
The Never-Ending War Between the White House and the Press
Harold Holzer’s “The Presidents vs. the Press” argues that conflicts between chief executives and journalists go back to the start of the Republic.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
Paul Theroux on a Globetrotting Novel Inspired by a Real Adventurer
Héctor Tobar’s “The Last Great Road Bum” follows the restless Joe Sanderson, who dashed from country to country in pursuit of adventure.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
‘Sisters’ Builds a Gothic Plot to an Artful and Shocking Climax
The new novel, by Daisy Johnson, features a pair of troubled siblings, an isolated house in the country and a mysterious, dark deed.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
The Incestuous Relationship Between Donald Trump and Fox News
In his new book, “Hoax,” Brian Stelter examines Fox’s role as a White House propaganda organ masquerading as conservative journalism.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
'Luster' Shines With Sharp Wit And Dark Humor
Raven Leilani's new novel will make you cringe for all the right reasons. It's an intergenerational, interracial love story with a heart of noir and gallows humor, so honest it will make you squirm.
(Image credit: Farrar, Straus and Giroux)
Source: NPR Book Reviews
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