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Newsletter #298

April 26, 2021

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3 books featured in this issue

Cover of Dusty Answer

Dusty Answer

by Rosamond Lehmann

Phinney by Post #67

Old Book of the Week by Rosamond Lehmann Does it sound patronizing if I call this a "young person's book"? I don't mean it to—realizing what it is (a book that finds it impossible to imagine what it's... (Tom)

Cover of Festival Days

Festival Days

by Jo Ann Beard

TRUE

Jo Ann Beard doesn't write—or at least publish—a lot, but, boy, when she does... She's in her mid-sixties, and this is just her third book; her first, The Boys of My Youth, made her a bit of a cult he... (Tom)

Cover of The Tremor of Forgery

The Tremor of Forgery

by Patricia Highsmith

MADE-UP

When you start a novel with Patricia Highsmith's name on the cover, you have certain expectations: betrayal, desire (often same-sex desire), consequence. The most striking thing about this novel, abou... (Tom)

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