Jeff Bridges and Ryan Reynolds are two dead cops in the summer’s most inert movie
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The Teleportation Accident: Finally! A Noirish Sci-Fi Comedic Novel Worth Shouting About
In his strange and wonderful second novel, Ned Beauman puts an utterly singular spin on the coming-of-age novel
Book Review: Alan Sepinwall’s The Revolution Was Televised
Don’t think of this history of TV drama’s new golden age as a mere book. Think of it as the ultimate DVD-set commentary
The Liberator: A User’s Guide to Hell
Alex Kershaw’s WWII history chronicles the torturous slog of an American infantry division — led by legendary commander Felix Sparks — from Italy in 1943 into the heart of Germany just before VE Day
Midnight in Peking: Has Paul French Solved a 75-Year-Old Murder?
On a frigid winter morning in 1937, an old man walking near the Fox Tower of Peking’s crumbling city wall discovered the body of Pamela Werner, a 19-year-old English student. She had been bludgeoned and repeatedly stabbed, her …
Grab Life By The Sugar Frosted Nutsack
Mark Leyner sure does. His first novel in 15 years proves he is still a mad genius.
My Friend Dahmer: The Unspeakable Horror of Life in the 1970s
An award-winning cartoonist pens a graphic novel about his high school classmate, a shy teenager who would become a monster.
The Whore of Akron: More Than Just a LeBron James Takedown
The invective poets of ancient Rome had nothing on Scott Raab, author of The Whore of Akron: One Man’s Search For The Soul of LeBron James. It’s part unauthorized LeBron James biography, part personal memoir, all unabashed …
It Sucked to Go Through World War II. Inferno Will Remind You Why.
There’s no point in trying to summarize Inferno, because it’s a book written against summaries. It’s an anti-summary.
NBA Legend Jerry West Opens Up In New Autobiography
Two years ago, Andre Agassi’s autobiography, Open, set a new standard for sports memoirs. For too long, jock books were content with being bland recollections of an athlete’s achievements. Designed to cement a legacy, they bored …
Charles Dickens: An Author of Demonic Energy
I didn’t read Claire Tomalin’s Charles Dickens: A Life because I’m a Dickens guy. I’m not a Dickens guy. In grad school I had to take at least one course on the Victorians, so I took The Later Dickens, because that was …