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confessions of a galley slave (vol. X)
FIRE IN THE BLOOD (Knopf) by Irene Nemirovsky (October 3). She died in Auschwitz in 1942. She left behind some manuscripts. SUITE FRANCAISE was published recently to great acclaim. This book is what remains. Smaller, slighter, still precious-life in a French village for Jews right before the Holocaust.
SWAY (Little, Brown) by Zachary Lazar (January 7). Those are the Rolling Stones pictured on the cover of SWAY. That’s Brian Jones on the far right. SWAY is a novel in three parts. Part one features the Stones circa 1969. Part two centers on the filmmaker Kenneth Anger. Part three looks at the community that surrounded Charles Manson. This book has promise.
GONZO: THE LIFE OF HUNTER S. THOMPSON by Jann Wenner and Corey Seymour(October 31). You might remember the late gonzo journalist Hunter Thompson’s legendary dispatches for Rolling Stone magazine. Wenner was his publisher at Rolling Stone. This bio of the demented and thoroughly entertaining Thompson should sell like crazy.
THE VENETIAN BETRAYAL (Ballantine) by Steve Berry (December 12). Sometimes I fail to understand why some authors find success. Take Steve Berry for example. I read his first several books. They were OK, somewhat pedestrian, nothing special. With each new book he sells more and more copies. Ballantine is a big Random House imprint and Berry is close to the top of the house. He has become one of their top-selling authors. I don’t get it? What, do I know? I guess I had better read this new book and see if I can figure this out.
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