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Week of January 15, 2018

Paperback releases for the week of January 15th include KISS CARLO by Adriana Trigiani, the story of an Italian-American family on the cusp of change; INSOMNIAC CITY, a moving celebration of what Bill Hayes calls "the evanescent, the eavesdropped, the unexpected" of life in New York City, and an intimate glimpse of his relationship with the late Oliver Sacks; and David Grossman's A HORSE WALKS INTO A BAR, winner of the 2017 Man Booker International Prize, a searing short novel about the life of a stand-up comic, as revealed in the course of one evening’s performance.

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February 2021

February's Books on Screen roundup includes the series premieres of "Firefly Lane" on Netflix, "Beartown" on HBO Max, and "The Black Church" on PBS; the series finale of "The Stand" on CBS All Access; the films Nomadland, French Exit, The World to Come and Cherry; the continuation of "Big Sky" on ABC, "American Gods" on Starz, and "A Discovery of Witches" on Sundance Now; and the DVD releases of The Informer and Let Him Go.

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