Part three of the latest Denis Johnson
Playboy has just published the third installment of Denis Johnson’s Nobody Move. David Ulin says it’s the best yet.
Playboy has just published the third installment of Denis Johnson’s Nobody Move. David Ulin says it’s the best yet.
It is his errancy that is secretly loved: perhaps a family needs to have its designated sinner? James Wood reviews Marilynne Robinson’s Home.
I cheated on the book I was supposed to be reading, and it was Irina Reyn’s fault. Her What Happened to Anna K., an extended homage to Tolstoy, was too finely-etched and captivating to put down. “I love that mine is ‘the other book,’” she said, when I confessed my infidelity. “Rather perfect for the material, no?” Reyn’s debut novel . . .
Happy Labor Day. May you wring the best out of the last of your summer. I’m trying to sequester my Hurricane Gustav obsession over here (amid the usual idle chatter). All good thoughts to New Orleans & Tabasco country.
Children’s author Roald Dahl seduced a string of women in service of Her Majesty’s Gov’t. (Via.)