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Portrait of a Thief — A Debut Novel with So Much Potential, But Not Enough Follow Through
Grace D. Li’s debut novel, Portrait of a Thief, which came out in April 2022, delves into the lives of five different Chinese-American...
Sadia Haque
Jan 2, 20236 min read
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Review of Silverview by John le Carre
John le Carré, author of renowned spy novels such as Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, passed away in December 2020. Silverview was published as...
James Yiu
Dec 22, 20212 min read
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Lemon by Kwon Yeo-Sun: A Murder Mystery that Breaks from the Genre
Kwon Yeo-sun’s Lemon, translated from Korean by Janet Hong, feels like a literary experiment masquerading as a crime novel. Broken into...
Sarah Closser
Dec 22, 20213 min read
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We Know You Remember: Tove Alsterdal’s Sensational American Debut
Set in a rural Swedish town, Tove Alsterdal’s We Know You Remember, like any good mystery, wastes no time introducing its first victims....
Sarah Closser
Oct 28, 20212 min read
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How Do You Deal with the Loss of a Child? Or with Seeing Justice Served 20 Years Too Late?
The Necklace by Matt Witten follows the journey of Susan Lentigo, the mother of a young girl named Amy who was killed and raped. Twenty...
James Yiu
Oct 28, 20212 min read
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