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Stand Your Ground
A Novel Concept

‘Stand Your Ground’ Spins Riveting Read-Out of Problematic Premise

October 13, 2023 Examiner Media

By Michael Malone I ended up reading “Stand Your Ground,” about a Black teen who is shot dead by a white man, after visiting my mother. She read the Victoria Christopher Murray novel with her book group, was perplexed by the

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Michael Magee Close to Home
A Novel Concept

Michael Magee’s Belfast Book Packs a Punch

October 6, 2023 Examiner Media

By Michael Malone To read about Ireland is to read about how quaint it is. How green the landscape is, how warm the people are, how tranquil the vibe is. It is a much different Ireland in Michael Magee’s “Close to

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There There
A Novel Concept

Plenty of ‘There’ There in Tommy Orange’s Debut Novel

September 22, 2023 Examiner Media

By Michael Malone The jacket copy on There There begins, “Fierce, angry, funny, heartbreaking,” and that’s an apt description of Tommy Orange’s debut novel. It tells the stories of a dozen indigenous people who are headed to an event called the Big

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Gonzo Girl
A Novel Concept

‘Gonzo’ But Not Forgotten: Offbeat Novel Hits Big Screen

September 15, 2023 Examiner Media

By Michael Malone “Gonzo Girl” is about a recent college grad named Alley who, desperate to make it in publishing, takes a job as an assistant to a big-name but extremely difficult author. The author is named Walker Reade, and he

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Anxious People
A Novel Concept

Author Backman Serves Up a Scintillating Dose of High Anxiety

September 8, 2023 Examiner Media

By Michael Malone Fredrik Backman’s “Anxious People” is set at an apartment showing outside of Stockholm. Eight strangers are checking out the top-floor flat, which has a nice view of a bridge, when a person with a gun bursts in. There was

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End Credits by Patty Lin
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Hot TV Writer’s Career Breaks Bad

August 25, 2023 Examiner Media

By Michael Malone I break from my usual novel reviews to examine a timely non-fiction release, as Patty Lin’s “End Credits: How I Broke Up With Hollywood” tells the story of a thriving TV writer who quits the business before it swallows

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Scorched Grace
A Novel Concept

New Novel Exhibits ‘Grace’ Under Fire

August 18, 2023 Examiner Media

By Michael Malone “Scorched Grace,” a 2023 novel from Margot Douaihy, centers on Sister Holiday, a nun doing her thing down in New Orleans. Sister Holiday is not a typical nun, because there is a good chance you would not

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A Novel Concept

The Joy of a Very Special Horse

August 15, 2023 Examiner Media

By Michael Malone “Horse” is a big, bold, ambitious novel about a horse that lived a long time ago, but left enough of a mark on society that people are still studying him, analyzing him, writing books about him and admiring

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Mosquito Coast
A Novel Concept

The ‘Coast’ is Hardly Clear in Theroux’s ‘Mosquito’

August 8, 2023 Examiner Media

By Michael Malone The Mosquito Coast is a look at a family that departs the U.S., their headstrong father fed up with America and its materialism and relocates to the Honduran jungle. Father Allie Fox is headstrong and brilliant, and a

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A Novel Concept

Colson Whitehead ‘Crook’ Book Deserves a Look

August 1, 2023 Examiner Media

By Michael Malone Colson Whitehead takes us back to Harlem in the ‘70s with “Crook Manifesto,” which came out last week. There are three parts to the novel, each roughly 100 pages. The main character is Ray Carney, who owns a

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