In Millet’s first novel since the scathing ‘A Children’s Bible,’ a wealthy man walks from New York to Phoenix to find purpose in his sad life of ease.
Books
Best-Sellers: ‘Lucy by the Sea,’ ‘The Personal Librarian’
The top-selling fiction and nonfiction books at Nonesuch Books & More in South Portland.
In ‘Less Is Lost,’ a lovable, hapless hero returns
Andrew Sean Greer’s Pulitzer Prize-winning ‘Less’ gets a sequel.
Best-sellers: ‘Lungfish,’ ‘I’m Glad My Mom Died’
The current top-selling fiction and nonfiction books at Longfellow Books in Portland.
Bedside table: Many good things wrapped in one package
Book recommendations from readers.
‘A Flick of Sunshine’ spins a thrilling yarn about a real-life Bath sailor in the late 19th-century
Father and son Frederick Hill and Alexander Jackson Hill based their book on a treasure trove of old letters they discovered written by a plucky ancestor.
Maine writers turn page on new festival
The first Maine Lit Fest will feature some 50 authors at more than 20 events in Portland and Waterville Friday through Oct. 8.
How Rudy Giuliani, once a national hero, ruined his own reputation
Andrew Kirtzman explains how America’s Mayor became a nonsense-peddling Trump loyalist.
Bedside table: One recommendation leads to another
Book recommendations from readers.
In Stephen King’s latest, a young man finds himself in a troubled ‘Fairy Tale’ world
King adroitly pulls off this old-fashioned action/adventure story starring a boy and his beloved dog.