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Newsletter #176

March 5, 2018

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3 books featured in this issue

Cover of All the Pieces Matter: The Inside Story of

All the Pieces Matter: The Inside Story of

by Jonathan Abrams

TRUE

All the Pieces Matter: The Inside Story of The Wire "How did something this good actually get made?" That's the underlying question at the heart of this superb oral history, because The Wire still see... (Tom)

Cover of Baby Monkey, Private Eye

Baby Monkey, Private Eye

by Monkey, Private Eye

MADE-UP

Brian Selznick, known for intricate illustrated epics like Wonderstruck and The Invention of Hugo Cabret, reinvents the early-reader book with this fat set of simple stories about a primate private ey... (Tom)

Cover of The Yacht Rock Book: The Oral History of the Soft, Smooth Sounds of the 70s and 80s

The Yacht Rock Book: The Oral History of the Soft, Smooth Sounds of the 70s and 80s

by Greg Prato

TRUE

If The Wire is the height of pop-culture art, Yacht Rock is mainly a punchline, a lovingly ironic gag about the cheesy hits that dominated the airwaves in the '70s and early '80s. (But greatness lies... (Tom)

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