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NAKED CITY knew it would be a time capsule of an ever-changing New York City.
Read This PostAuthor: Sarah Weinman
Sarah Weinman is the editor of Women Crime Writers: Eight Suspense Novels of the 1940s + 50s (Library of America) and Troubled Daughters, Twisted Wives: Stories From the Trailblazers of Domestic Suspense (Penguin). Her work has recently appeared in The Guardian, The New Republic, Hazlitt, the New York Times, and other publications. She lives in Brooklyn.
Jules Feiffer
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Back Into Forward, JULES FEIFFER’s (born 1929) forthcoming autobiography, will devote a great deal of close attention to the impossibly long-legged, stretched-out figures who populate his cartoons — and who, the author claims, “take the […]
Read This PostNicholson Baker
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NICHOLSON BAKER (born 1957) was not the first novelist to create an entire narrative out of the smallest of events, but his 1988 debut, The Mezzanine, still strikes a melodic chord in readers because of […]
Read This PostCornell Woolrich
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If you know CORNELL WOOLRICH’s (1903-68) oeuvre at all, it’s most likely through the films of the standout directors who’ve interpreted it: Hitchcock’s Rear Window, for example, was based on Woolrich’s story “It Had to […]
Read This PostGeorge V. Higgins
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GEORGE V. HIGGINS (1939-99) is usually remembered for his 1972 novel, The Friends of Eddie Coyle. It was his first outing, and its unglamorous look at the underworld set Higgins’ work apart from the grand […]
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