I somehow missed the fact that Alan Weisman, author of The World Without Us, is from St Louis Park. Leave it to MinnPost to keep me informed. Weisman talked to the Post about writing, touring, and how growing up with creosote in the drinking water made him an environmentalist.--David E
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Random House has announced that Salman Rushdie's next novel, The Enchantress of Florence, will be published on June 3.According to Publishers Weekly, "Florence is a historical novel based on seven years of research set in Renaissance Florence and the court of the Mughal Empire. Random House says the book mixes political intrigue and high drama, … Continue reading More Verses
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I've just discovered that the Financial Times newspaper reviews audiobooks. On the page now are reviews of Patricia Cornwell's thriller The Book of the Dead and Haruki Murakami's Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman.--David E
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