Books

Book Review: El Narco

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| Tue Oct. 25, 2011 3:00 AM PDT

Quiz: Rock Bands That Exist Only in Books

Can you match these fictional rockers to the novels they appeared in?

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| Mon Oct. 24, 2011 3:00 AM PDT
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What the Hell Is David Shrigley Doing?

"Hey, I could've done that," you might say of the Scottish artist's dark, childlike drawings. Right, but you didn't.

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| Sat Oct. 22, 2011 3:00 AM PDT

Book Review: Thinking, Fast and Slow

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| Sat Oct. 22, 2011 3:00 AM PDT

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Consciously Crude: The Art of David Shrigley

13 twisted instances of deliberate naiveté.

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| Sat Oct. 22, 2011 3:00 AM PDT

Book Review: Eating Mud Crabs in Kandahar

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| Fri Oct. 21, 2011 3:30 AM PDT

Must Iranian Authors Write about Iran?

San Francisco's annual literary festival, Litquake, asked some provocative questions.

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| Tue Oct. 18, 2011 1:53 AM PDT
Ry Cooder

Ry Cooder's Vintage Los Angeles Fiction

The renowned guitarist's short story collection follows hardscrabble musicians and other vagabonds in a postwar City of Angels.

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| Mon Oct. 17, 2011 3:00 AM PDT
Chuck Palahniuk

Chuck Palahniuk Goes to Hell

The bad-boy author of Fight Club and 11 other novels on his latest book, Damned.

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| Mon Oct. 17, 2011 3:00 AM PDT

DJ Spooky's Icy Philharmonic

That "subliminal" über-conceptual mixmaster on Freud, his geeky college days, and his new Antarctica book.

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| Mon Oct. 17, 2011 3:00 AM PDT

Book Review: I'm With the Bears

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| Sat Oct. 15, 2011 3:00 AM PDT

Simon Kuper: Soccer Does Not Explain the World

The renowned soccer writer talks about his new book and his evolving view of the sport's role in the world.

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| Fri Oct. 14, 2011 3:15 PM PDT

Book Review: Ten Letters

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| Tue Oct. 11, 2011 3:00 AM PDT

Slideshow: The Best (Rejected) New Yorker Cartoons

A new collection of twisted, offensive, and/or hilarious rejects from cartoon editor Robert Mankoff's wastebasket.

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| Mon Oct. 10, 2011 1:34 PM PDT

Book Review: Folks, This Ain't Normal

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| Fri Oct. 7, 2011 3:30 AM PDT

Former FBI Interrogator: Cheney Owes Obama an Apology

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| Tue Oct. 4, 2011 1:42 PM PDT
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Beating Al Qaeda With Pizza, Cookies, and the Koran

The story of FBI interrogator Ali Soufan is a rebuke to Bush-era torture policy and ongoing Islamophobia.

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| Tue Oct. 4, 2011 3:00 AM PDT

Justin Torres' Hard-Knock Debut Novel

The author of "We The Animals" on the fuzzy line between fiction and memoir, and why he hates the word "dysfunctional."

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| Mon Oct. 3, 2011 4:10 PM PDT
Michael Ondaatje

Michael Ondaatje, Among Thieves

The literary master discusses his fear of vampires, love of mongrels, and penchant for writing about pickpockets.

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| Mon Oct. 3, 2011 3:00 AM PDT

Not Quite Enough of Calvin Trillin

Trillin, who's been a thorn in politicians' sides for 40 years, talks about his new essay collection and how humor can't be planned.

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| Fri Sep. 30, 2011 3:00 AM PDT