Slade House: Another brick in David Mitchell’s wall
Mitchell is a detail obsessive, the mark of a storyteller
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book reviews
A lost-at-sea story deserving of all our awe
Jonathan Franklin’s ’438 Days’ chronicles José Salvador Alvarenga’s trials as he drifted on the Pacific Ocean for more than a year
U-G-L-Y, you now have an alibi
Examining the cultural history of ugliness
The real story behind the most famous scandal in sports history
The Betrayal: The 1919 World Series and the Birth of Modern Baseball
Ian Rankin’s best mystery novel yet
Book review: Even Dogs In the Wild, by Ian Rankin
A rollicking history of comedy in America
Book review: The Comedians, by Kliph Nesteroff
A reluctant travel writer’s haunting essays
Marius Kociejowski’s writing captures his subjects indelibly
A rock-star astronomer searches for the oldest stars
Anna Frebel’s research tells us much about the beginnings of the universe
Anna and Jane McGarrigle’s memoir overflows with wit
The roots music royals recall their formative years
Nem, Rio’s hardened criminal and anti-hero
The life of Antônio Francisco Bonfim Lopes, better known as ’Nem’