18 Brilliant Books for Fall
Gary Shteyngart's novel about a boorish Wall Streeter on a hilarious and heartbreaking trip across America, an education from historian Jill Lepore on the narrative of the United States, mind-expanding works of pulp fiction and philosophy, and more.
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John Woman
By Walter Mosley
320 pages;
Atlantic Monthly Press
After murdering a man, 17-year-old Cornelius flees New York, adopts a new name, and gains fame for the provocative ideas he's borrowed from his dead father. An intellectual romp by the renowned mystery writer.
— Hamilton Cain
Published 09/21/2018