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Neal Stephenson’s ‘Termination Shock’ is another prescient page-turner

by Paul Di Filippo Special to The Washington Post December 5, 2021November 29, 2021

In his latest thriller, a geoengineering scheme to save the planet goes awry.

Best-Sellers: ‘The Sentence,’ ‘Downeast’

December 5, 2021December 1, 2021

The current top 10 best-selling fiction and nonfiction books in hardcover and paperback at Nonesuch Books & Book in South Portland.

Books, Nation & World

Author Alice Sebold apologizes to man cleared in 1981 rape

by KAREN MATTHEWS Associated Press November 30, 2021November 30, 2021

Anthony Broadwater served 16 years in prison. His conviction was overturned Nov. 22 after prosecutors reexamined the case and determined there were serious flaws in his arrest and trial.

Arts & Entertainment, Books, Review

Romance cut short amid Cyprus chaos

by Ron Charles The Washington Post November 28, 2021November 23, 2021

Turkish writer Elif Shafak’s new novel weaves the tumultuous history of Cyprus into a story of young lovers split apart.

Arts & Entertainment, Books

Bedside table: A muse of another species

November 28, 2021November 23, 2021

“I bought ‘Mozart’s Starling’ by Lyanda Lynn Haupt at Bull Moose in Waterville. It thrilled me to read about the ordinary starling being a pet for Mozart for three years in his Vienna apartment. The author experienced the same in her home in order to write her bird facts and music facts. Star was Mozart’s […]

Arts & Entertainment, Books, Review

Book review: Lily King’s new short story collection is a paragon of the genre

by Joan Silverman November 28, 2021November 27, 2021

‘Five Tuesdays in Winter’ ‘speaks volumes in short form.’

Books, Nation & World

Conviction overturned in 1981 rape of author Alice Sebold

by Associated Press November 23, 2021November 23, 2021

Anthony Broadwater spent 16 years in prison after being convicted of raping Sebold when she was a college student, an assault she wrote about in her 1999 memoir, ‘Lucky.’