Years before becoming one of America’s most celebrated authors, John Steinbeck wrote at least three novels which were never published. Two of them were destroyed by the young writer as he struggled to make his name, but a third – a full-length mystery werewolf story entitled Murder at Full Moon – has survived unseen in an archive ever since being rejected for publication in 1930. Read more
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Italy honors poet Dante with tomb readings 700 years after his death
Italy is honoring one of its most divine poets, Dante, on the 700th anniversary of his death with concerts and exhibits all over the country — as well as evening readings at his tomb. Read more
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John le Carré Fans Are Getting One More Novel
Viking plans to release “Silverview,” a spy novel set in an English seaside town, nearly a year after the famed writer’s death. Read more
Top author stirs anger with ‘too white’ history
Richard Cohen’s new book, which has reportedly been dropped by his US publisher despite extensive additions, is still set for British release next month. Read more
On the Best Subversive, Genre-Busting Writer You’ve Never Heard Of
Tobias Carroll Rereads M. John Harrison, an Under-Recognized Master. Read more
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HBO developing drama based on E. Lynn Harris’ Black, gay classic novel ‘Invisible Life’
Invisible no more, E. Lynn Harris’s groundbreaking novels about Black LGTBQ+ men in 1990s New York City will be finally brought to screen. Read more
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A bestselling L.A. novelist was struggling to depict a female adventurer. So she became one
Shipstead swam with humpback whales, learned to scuba dive and went spearfishing with chef José Andrés. Her newfound bravery (or rather her tolerance of fear) exposed her to “risk-takers who have the skills to survive and thrive in really harsh environments,” often lone-wolf types. She studied them up close, even had affairs with a few — including one she wrote about for the New York Times. Read more
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Google Doodle honors Japanese American author Hisaye Yamamoto
The acclaimed short story writer chronicled racism, sexual harassment and immigrant disconnect in the years after World War II. Read more
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Why Len Deighton’s spy stories are set to thrill a new generation
Spies, treachery and dangerous secrets, all liberally seasoned with dry wit: these were the moreish ingredients that made international hits of Len Deighton’s stylish 1960s thrillers, set in the grey world of post-colonial, postwar British intelligence. His sardonic working-class hero, played on screen by Michael Caine in the The Ipcress File, Funeral in Berlin and Billion Dollar Brain, set the template for a succession of deadpan, worldly-wise leading men. Now a fresh generation have the chance to sample Deighton’s wares as Penguin republishes many of his books, starting this month with those three, early bestselling titles. Read more
The Forgotten Genius of Leo Perutz
Borges listed him among the great mystery writers of the age; Robert Musil claimed he had invented his own genre; Italo Calvino, Graham Greene, Alfred Hitchcock, and Ian Fleming counted theselves as fans — and yet Leo Perutz has been almost entirely forgotten within the English-speaking world. Read more
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