The Reading Room · Hazel Reads Three
The Booker's in
The Booker runs all fall. Three of the season's most talked-about novels, and where Hazel lands on each.
Book 1 The Disappearers
Marlon James
READ IT Eighties Kingston, eight men, one terrible night, written like a held breath. Hard, and worth it.
Book 2 Under the Falls
Richard Russo
FOR SOME Russo's small-town warmth, turned to a crime story. Lovely in patches, not his best. His readers will forgive it.
Book 3 The French Illusion
John Grisham
SKIP IT A honeymoon in Paris, a tidy thriller. Fast, and forgettable. Nothing to keep.
Now tell me what you’re reading. Have you read any of these? Or something better? Bring it to the Reading Room.
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