Weekend reading: Comediennes and Assholes, Newfoundland and Montreal

Bestsellers, and our latest book reviews

Joan Rivers, left, and Sarah Silverman are seen on stage at the 16th Annual Critics’ Choice Movie Awards on Friday, Jan. 14, 2011, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)

November 23, 2012

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Our latest book reviews

We Killed: The Rise of Women in American Comedy, by Yael Kohen, review by Jen Cutt

Assholes: A Theory, by Aaron James, review by Martin Patriquin

Don’t Tell the Newfoundlanders: The True Story of Newfoundland’s Confederation with Canada, by Greg Malone, review by Brian Bethune

The Dead of Winter, by Peter Kirby, review by Kate Lunau

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