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Interview: Pete Hamill, author of The Christmas Kid: And Other Brooklyn Stories

Nov 1, 2012

Pete Hamill is an American journalist, novelist, essayist, editor and educator. Born in the Park Slope section of Brooklyn, New York, most of his writing --- both fiction and nonfiction --- perfectly captures the Big Apple. His latest collection of short stories, THE CHRISTMAS KID, is no exception. The book brings together here for the first time 36 of his short stories about Brooklyn. They cover the streets where Hamill grew up at a time when work and love mattered more than anything else and the Dodgers still played in Ebbets Field. In this interview, conducted by Bookreporter.com’s Tom Callahan, Hamill talks about the genesis of this project, New York City’s own brand of nostalgia, and his optimism regarding the future of short fiction.

November 1, 2012

The following are lists of books releasing the weeks of October 29th and November 5th that we think will be of interest to Teenreads.com readers.

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Ian McEwan, author of Sweet Tooth

Set in 1972 during the Cold War, England's legendary intelligence agency MI5 embarks on an operation code-named "Sweet Tooth" to fund writers whose politics align with those of the government. Cambridge student Serena Frome is hired to infiltrate the literary circle of a promising young writer named Tom Haley. But when she begins to fall in love with him, she wonders how long she can conceal her undercover life.

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Dead Asleep by Jamie Freveletti

Biochemist Emma Caldridge comes to a remote tropical island in the Caribbean in search of minerals believed to reverse the aging process. What she finds instead are the bloody remnants of a bizarre religious ritual. And here, where the local people speak in whispers about sea monsters, ancient voodoo curses, and rampaging evil, she discovers something far more real...and more terrifying. One by one the island's innocent inhabitants are descending into a paralyzing sleep of the dead --- victims of a long-dormant, terrifying and incurable pandemic that could once again wreak unimaginable havoc if it escapes from the island to spread like wildfire across the globe.

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Kathryn L. Nelson

The best defence against misguided arrogance is a keen sense of humour.

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Kathryn L. Nelson, PEMBERLEY MANOR

October 2012

It's already Halloween??? Can you believe it! It seems like the entire month of October went by so fast. First, we had the first tastes of fall with pumpkin treats and autumn leaves, and now we can get in costume and enjoy some CANDY!

But since Halloween is on a Wednesday this year, perhaps you’ve already celebrated Halloween this weekend. That’s what I was able to do --- I dressed up as the Queen of Hearts on Friday night, and as Enid from Ghost World, an adult graphic novel and movie, on Saturday.

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Perry's Killer Playlist
by Joe Schreiber - Fiction, Mystery, Young Adult 14+

When Perry ends up in Venice on a European tour with his band Inchworm, he can’t resist a visit to Harry’s Bar, where Gobi told him she’d meet him someday. The last time he saw Gobi, five people were assassinated one crazy night in New York City. Well...Gobi shows up, and once again Perry is roped into a wild, nonstop thrill ride with a body count.

Colin Fischer
by Ashley Edward Miller and Zack Stentz - Fiction, Mystery, Young Adult 12+

Colin Fischer cannot stand to be touched. He does not like the color blue. He needs index cards to recognize facial expressions. But when a gun is found in the school cafeteria, interrupting a female classmate's birthday celebration, Colin is the only for the investigation. It's up to him to prove that Wayne Connelly, the school bully and Colin's frequent tormenter, didn't bring the gun to school.

Robert Brault

I don't know that there are real ghosts and goblins, but there are always more trick-or-treaters than neighborhood kids.

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Robert Brault