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REVIEW: 'Writer, Sailor, Soldier, Spy: Ernest Hemingway's Secret Adventures,' by Nicholas Reynolds
NONFICTION: Newly unearthed documents indicate that the writer might have been involved in espionage during the Spanish Civil War.
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REVIEW: 'The Idiot,' by Elif Batuman
FICTION: A funny, wise novel about all the ways communication can go wrong.
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REVIEW: 'Murder on the Red River,' by Marcie R. Rendon
FICTION: A young Anishinabe woman who sees visions gets drawn into a murder on the North Dakota-Minnesota border in this debut mystery.
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REVIEW: 'Madame President: The Extraordinary Journey of Ellen Johnson Sirleaf,' by Helene Cooper
NONFICTION: A nuanced portrait of the dynamic but flawed leader of Liberia, who guided the country through the Ebola crisis and won a Nobel Peace Prize.
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Review: 'You Say to Brick: The Life of Louis Kahn,' by Wendy Lesser
NONFICTION: This remarkable biography sheds light on one of the 20th century's greatest architects.
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Review: 'Play It Loud: An Epic History of the Style, Sound & Revolution of the Electric Guitar,' by Brad Tolinski and Alan di Perna
NONFICTION: The electric guitar is a cultural icon without parallel. "Play It Loud" explains how it came to be.
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Minneapolis writer Louise Erdrich finalist for prestigious $15,000 PEN/Faulkner award
Of the five finalists, four are debut novels.
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Yaa Gyasi, author of bestselling "Homegoing," coming to the Twin Cities in March and May
Yaa Gyasi's family saga will spark a community conversation in Eden Prairie.
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Review: 'The Horseman,' by Tim Pears
FICTION: Tim Pears' shrewd and evocative pastoral novel is the first in a planned trilogy.
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Review: 'Exit West,' by Mohsin Hamid
FICTION: Mohsin Hamid's mesmerizing, brilliant new novel is a poignant parable.
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Review: 'The Hearts of Men,' by Nickolas Butler
FICTION: Saga follows several flawed characters through a Wisconsin Boy Scout camp, war and adulthood.
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Review: 'South and West: From a Notebook,' by Joan Didion
NONFICTION: The notebooks of a brilliant cultural observer contain trenchant insights.
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REVIEW: 'The Stranger in the Woods,' by Michael Finkel
NONFICTION: Michael Finkel's fine exploration of the mysterious life of a hermit fails to answer the key question: Why?
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Readers suggest big, thick books as winter drags on
It's still February, and we're still looking for "bloated books" to while away the dark evenings.
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