In this philosophical and theological travelog, Iyer searches the globe for paradise. Still Pictures is as much a look at Malcolm's own photos and memories as the nature of photography and memory, written with all her characteristic style and clarity. How, then, would she approach a memoir? What would a self-portrait by one of our most formidable portraitists look like? These were the questions that exhilarated me when I began Malcolm's posthumous memoir.
(Also one of my own writerly heroes.) She often mused on the relationship between journalist and subject in much of her journalism, she judged her subjects from a cool distance. Malcolm was a master of reportage, able to dissect and decipher her subjects with startling precision. It will not surprise people who’ve read Cauley's essays-or seen her work on The Daily Show, or read her excellent tweets-that The Survivalists is, according to Tom Perrotta, an “edgy” and “darkly funny” book. When Aretha moves in with Aaron, she gets caught up in their household dramas, which range from illegal gun sales to half-baked schemes to prepare for the end of the world. In this debut novel, a perpetually single Black lawyer, Aretha, falls in love with Aaron, a coffee entrepreneur who shares a brownstone with a stable of bizarre roommates. A haunting, page-turning mystery, Decent People makes a must-read on anyone’s literary list. In the 1970s, an investigation into a triple homicide reveals surprising and profoundly sad layers of reality for the townspeople of West Mills-the trauma and ramifications of segregation, class, deeply kept secrets, and underlying homophobia. Winslow returns to the fictional Southern town of West Mills for a second time in this expertly-plotted and character-driven follow-up to his award-winning debut novel. Bill Morrisĭecent People by De'Shawn Charles Winslow The result is an addictive, vivid spellbinder of a novel.
Kapoor, author of the novel Bad Character, grew up in northern India and has worked as a journalist in New Delhi.
Three lives intersect in this world of lavish estates, extravagant parties, drugs and seamy business deals: Ajay, the watchful family servant Sunny, the playboy heir and Neda, a journalist out to expose the consequences of corruption. Part crime thriller and part saga of the powerful Wadia family, Age of Vice roams across India, from the dusty villages of Uttar Pradesh to the cauldron of New Delhi. Love reading our Great Book Previews? Learn how you can support The Millions here. We wanted to make sure that our list comprises the books that we are truly anticipating the most-which is to say, we've carefully curated our selections to showcase the very best books coming out in the first half of 2023. Welcome to our biannual Great Book Preview! We've assembled the best books of 2023A (that is, the first half of 2023), including new work from Nicole Chung, Tsitsi Dangarembga, Claire Dederer, Brian Dillon, Samantha Irby, Heidi Julavits, Catherine Lacy, Mario Vargas Llosa, Rebecca Makkai, Fernanda Melchor, Lorrie Moore, Jenny Odell, Curtis Sittenfeld, Clint Smith, Zadie Smith, Brandon Taylor, Colm Tóibín, and many, many more.Īt 85 titles, you may notice our 2023A list is a bit trimmer and more selective than in year's past.
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