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The 20 best books of the year, ranked
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The 20 best books of the year, ranked

The Independent  

Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. open image in gallery David Nicholls’s ‘You Are Here’ is an enjoyable read, full of …

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The week’s bestselling books, Dec. 15
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The week’s bestselling books, Dec. 15

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James by Percival Everett An action-packed reimagining of “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.” 2. Wind and Truth by Brandon Sanderson The fifth book in the bestselling epic fantasy series Stormlight Archive. The Serviceberry by Robin Wall Kimmerer, John Burgoyne The “Braiding Sweetgrass” author on gratitude, reciprocity and community, and the lessons to take from the natural world. The Message by …

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When Joan and Eve were pals: ‘Didion & Babitz’ explores the unlikely bond between two seminal L.A. writers
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When Joan and Eve were pals: ‘Didion & Babitz’ explores the unlikely bond between two seminal L.A. writers

LA Times  

On the Shelf 'Didion & Babitz' By Lili Anolik Scribner: $30, 352 pages If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from Bookshop.org, whose fees support independent bookstores. Lili Anolik, author of “Didion & Babitz.” After reading the letters, Anolik ditched her plans to revise “Hollywood’s Eve,” pivoting instead to write “Didion & Babitz,” …

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Book Review: A new book about cult favorite Eve Babitz throws shade on reputation of Joan Didion
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Book Review: A new book about cult favorite Eve Babitz throws shade on reputation of Joan Didion

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An entire generation of literary-minded women has not stopped telling itself stories influenced by master storyteller Joan Didion. Her biggest fangirl might be Lili Anolik, a contributing editor at Vanity Fair whose 2014 article about Babitz, followed by her 2019 biography “Hollywood’s Eve,” fueled a revival of interest in her work. Now Anolik is back with a new book, “Didion …

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Noel Parmentel Jr., a literary gadfly with some famous friends, dies at 98
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Noel Parmentel Jr., a literary gadfly with some famous friends, dies at 98

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NEW YORK — Noel E. Parmentel Jr., an essayist, pundit, filmmaker and man about town who satirized politicians across ideology, dated and helped promote a young Joan Didion and otherwise charmed and infuriated New York’s literary elite, has died at age 98. Dan Wakefield, in the acclaimed memoir “New York in the Fifties,” remembered him as a “tall, shambling New …

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The Secret History: A murder mystery that thrills 30 years on
2 years, 2 months ago

The Secret History: A murder mystery that thrills 30 years on

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The Secret History: A murder mystery that thrills 30 years on Getty Images Thirty years since it was first published, Donna Tartt's debut novel The Secret History continues to enthral new generations of readers, writes Clare Thorp. Tartt's Class of 86 also included Jonathan Lethem, and Bret Easton Ellis – to whom Tartt dedicated The Secret History. In the book, …

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Hollywood bard, muse and reveler Eve Babitz dies at 78
3 years ago

Hollywood bard, muse and reveler Eve Babitz dies at 78

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Eve Babitz, the Hollywood bard, muse and reveler who with warmth and candor chronicled the excesses of her native world in the 1960s and 1970s and became a cult figure to generations of readers, has died. “I hadn’t really liked Elizabeth Taylor until she took Debbie Reynolds’ husband away from her, and then I began to love Elizabeth Taylor,” she …

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Author Eve Babitz, who captured and embodied the culture of Los Angeles, dies at 78
3 years ago

Author Eve Babitz, who captured and embodied the culture of Los Angeles, dies at 78

LA Times  

Eve Babitz, the author known for her hedonistic chronicles of Los Angeles drawn largely from her own life, died Friday at 78. This was in part thanks to the work of a biographer, Lili Anolik, who published “Hollywood’s Eve: Eve Babitz and the Secret History of L.A.” in 2019. Her bravura knowingness was intact until the end.” Books Eve Babitz …

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