Scott Turow's 'Identical' has Greek myth proportions

Novelist Scott Turow's 'Identical' is a compulsively readable crime story about brothers, feuding families and a long-ago murder.Over the course of nine novels, Scott Turow's Kindle County has become one the best-known settings in American literature. While fictional locations are not uncommon in the crime genre — the city of Santa Teresa in Ross Macdonald's and, later, Sue Grafton's mysteries comes most readily to mind — Turow's character-driven legal thrillers are more aligned with the artistic vision of William Faulkner, whose novels and short stories are set in Yoknapatawpha County, Miss., assumed the weight of myth in telling the intertwined stories of its characters, both high and low. Continue reading at 'Los Angeles Times'

[ Los Angeles Times | 2013-10-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The novella, "Special Topics in Loneliness Studies," is about a professor whose doomed class investigates loneliness through the syllabus. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-08-23 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Andrew Scott joins cast for BBC adaptation of Pullman's His Dark Materials

“Fleabag” actor Andrew Scott has joined the cast for the BBC adaptation of Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials trilogy. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-08-21 01:32:35 UTC ]
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Andrew Scott, AKA Fleabag‘s Hot Priest, will narrate Beatrix Potter audiobooks.

Audible has made great strides toward cornering the coveted Thirsty Parents market today by announcing that Fleabag‘s Hot Priest Andrew Scott will be narrating an audiobook collection of Beatrix Potter stories. Well played, Audible! I don’t have any children, but you better believe that my next... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

[ Literrary Hub | 2019-07-25 15:30:56 UTC ]
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Andrew Scott to narrate Beatrix Potter Collection audiobook

Audible will next month release an audiobook collection of Beatrix Potter stories, narrated by Andrew Scott. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-07-25 10:58:57 UTC ]
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Monica Ali: Reckoning with the Insidious Myth of Positive Discrimination

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[ Literrary Hub | 2019-07-24 08:50:53 UTC ]
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N. Scott Momaday awarded Dayton Literary Peace Prize.

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[ Literrary Hub | 2019-07-22 16:21:37 UTC ]
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Sceptre buys myth-busting Dutch bestseller about the power of numbers

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[ The Bookseller | 2019-06-23 13:54:40 UTC ]
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Robertson wins Walter Scott Prize for The Long Take

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[ The Bookseller | 2019-06-17 13:23:17 UTC ]
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What happens to our online identities when we die?

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[ The Guardian | 2019-06-02 05:00:37 UTC ]
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McCall Smith joins Walter Scott Prize 10th anniversary celebrations

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[ The Bookseller | 2019-05-22 07:12:31 UTC ]
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[ Folio Magazine | 2019-05-16 16:54:43 UTC ]
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Scott Thomas joins Netflix cast of 'Rebecca'

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[ The Bookseller | 2019-05-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-05-10 04:00:00 UTC ]
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[ The Bookseller | 2019-05-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ The Bookseller | 2019-04-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ The Bookseller | 2019-03-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ The Bookseller | 2019-03-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ The Bookseller | 2019-03-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Kim Scott Walwyn Prize receives record number of nominations

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[ The Bookseller | 2019-02-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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