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A Brief History of Seven Killings

February 2, 2015 by Drew

The Short Version: In 1976, gunmen attempted to assassinate Bob Marley on the eve of the great Smile Jamaica Concert. The novel begins the day before the assassination attempt and then leaps forward over nearly 20 ensuing years between Jamaica, Miami, and New York City – painting a rich portrait of crime, drugs, violence, journalism, CIA spooks, and music. The Review: A Brief History is one of those stories that isn’t about anything so much as it is about the world we’ve […]

Categories: Fiction, Literature • Tags: A Brief History of Seven Killings, Bob Marley, CIA, Cocaine, Crack, Drug Dealers, Drugs, Fiction, Gang Warfare, Gangs, History, Jamaica, Journalism, Kingston, Literature, Marlon James, Miami, Music, New York City, Politics, Rasta, Rastafarian, Reggae, The New Yorker, The Tournament of Books 2015

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Young God

June 9, 2014 by Drew

The Short Version: Nikki is 13, living deep in the country in North Carolina.  After her mother dies in an accident, she returns home to her father – formerly one of the biggest coke dealers in the county.  Once there, Nikki begins to think about taking control of her life and what it might mean to start dealing on her own. The Review: So, loyal readers will know (and if you’re just visiting, you should check out) that FSG throws […]

Categories: Fiction, Literature • Tags: Book Reviews, Books, Drugs, Farrar, Fiction, FSG, Giroux, Katherine Faw Morris, Literature, Reviews, Straus, Young God

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Taipei

July 27, 2013 by Drew

The Short Version: A year and a half (give or take) in the life of Paul, a novelist in his mid-twenties who “works on things”, takes a lot of drugs, and traverses life from a strange muted distance – even when he’s close to someone. The Review: So I feel a bit out of the loop – I did not, until this book came out, know who Tao Lin was.  I mention this because Clancy Martin’s NYTimes review implies that this means […]

Categories: Fiction, Literature • Tags: Brooklyn, Drugs, Fiction, Literature, Taipei, Tao Lin

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Bad News (The Patrick Melrose Novels, Book 2)

June 23, 2012 by Drew

The Short Version: Patrick Melrose’s father has died.  The 22-year-old Patrick flies to New York to collect his ashes and embarks on an epic drug binge over the space of the 50 or so hours before he has to fly back to England. The Review: Where the first novel was a Pinterian sonata of menace, this is a Sebastian Horsley-ian aria of addiction.  St. Aubyn has managed an impressive feat: the novel feels totally different and yet a logical progression. […]

Categories: Fiction, Literature • Tags: 6, Bad News, Drugs, Edward St. Aubyn, Fiction, Literature, Patrick Melrose, The Patrick Melrose Novels

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