Complete books coverage for Sunday, April 26, 2009

Sept. 16, 2014 1:17 PM PT

Inside this issue: Why has Nelson Algren been forgotten? (essay), Art Spiegelman gets a ‘Creative Block’, News from the Empire by Fernando del Paso, How to Win a Cosmic War by Reza Alan, Sag Harbor by Colson Whitehead, Follow Me by Joanna Scott, When Skateboards Will Be Free by Said Sayrafiezadeh, Pieces for the Left Hand by J. Robert LEnnon, Mona Lisa’s Pajamas by A. Craig Copetas, The Dangerous World of Butterflies by Peter Laufer, The Doorbells of Florence by Andrew Losowsky

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Entertainment & Arts

Duke Elric: A cross between Conan and Camus

Michael Moorcock’s “Elric” series portrays a desperate, superhuman loner who struggles with his destiny.
April 26, 2009
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Entertainment & Arts

‘Sag Harbor: A Novel’ by Colson Whitehead

Whitehead’s clever charm helps drive an amiable tale of summer boyhood that otherwise is on the road to nowhere.
April 26, 2009
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Entertainment & Arts

Nelson Algren’s legacy ebbs

He wrote some of the most compelling books of the last century. So why do so few remember?
April 26, 2009
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Entertainment & Arts

‘How to Win a Cosmic War’ by Reza Aslan

The author contends that the conflict between the Arabic world and the West can be solved only by addressing finite, rather than rhetorical, issues.
April 26, 2009
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Entertainment & Arts

‘News From the Empire’ by Fernando del Paso; translated from the Spanish by Alfonso González and Stella T. Clark

The unhappy adventures of Maximilian and Carlota, Mexico’s imperial couple
April 26, 2009
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Entertainment & Arts

‘Follow Me: A Novel’ by Joanna Scott

The lies people tell to deny that a tragedy has happened.
April 26, 2009
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Entertainment & Arts

‘When Skateboards Will Be Free’ by Saïd Sayrafiezadeh

A memoir of growing up communist in the land of indulgence and plenty.
April 26, 2009
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Entertainment & Arts

‘The Dangerous World of Butterflies,’ ‘Mona Lisa’s Pajamas,’ ‘Pieces for the Left Hand’

The Dangerous World of Butterflies The Startling Subculture of Criminals, Collectors, and Conservationists Peter Laufer Lyons Press: 272 pp., $24.95 Peter Laufer was a little bit tired of writing about wars and American prisoners held against their will in foreign countries, and about neo-Nazis and Mexican immigrants.
April 26, 2009
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Entertainment & Arts

Los Angeles Times bestsellers for April 26, 2009

Fiction weeks on list1.Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer (Little, Brown: $22.99) The final book in the “Twilight” saga finds Bella choosing immortality.372.Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer (Little, Brown: $19.99) Bella must choose between her lover and a friend, between life and death.403.The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows (Dial Press: $22) A writer corresponds with islanders after German occupation.374.Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw by Jeff Kinney (Amulet: $12.95) Greg’s dad enlists him in sports to toughen him up.135.Long Lost by Harlan Coben (Dutton: $27.95) Private eye Myron Bolitar takes the case of a woman accused of murdering her ex.36.The Women by T.C.
April 26, 2009
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Entertainment & Arts

Los Angeles Times bestsellers for April 26, 2009

Fiction 1. New Moon by Stephenie Meyer ($10.99) 2. The Shack by William P. Young ($14.99) 3.
April 26, 2009
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Entertainment & Arts

Book Calendar

Author and book events for the week of April 26, 2009
April 26, 2009

Complete books coverage for Sunday, April 26, 2009

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