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November 27, 2012

NW: Zadie Smith’s Homecoming to Northwest London

Zadie Smith returns to her native London with NW, which is decidedly modern in both subject and form, the most experimental of Smith’s fiction by far.

November 17, 2012

A Surprise, A Secret, and a Stolen Heart: Samantha Kane’s The Devil’s Thief

In this tale of passion and intrigue set in nineteenth-century London, a beautiful thief takes a precious item from a mysterious man with his own steamy agenda about how she must repay him.

August 25, 2012

Dissecting the Novel Capital, John Lanchester’s Meditation on Greed and Excess

Is money always the great motivator? Is it wrong to be rich? John Lanchester comments on the state of society today in his compulsively readable mystery, Capital.

July 8, 2012

Wondering ‘What If?’: A Q&A With Jennifer E. Smith, Author of The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight

Jennifer E. Smith, author of The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight, sits down with Everyday eBook to talk about serendipitous romance, things happening for a reason, and writing love stories.

May 12, 2012

Lynn Shepherd’s The Solitary House: An Enthralling Detective Story in Victorian London

Charles Maddox is living by himself with a guilty conscience from a long-held secret, and reeling from the misfortune of being too smart for his own good. But rather than sulking about his fate, Maddox finds a way to use his lot in life to his advantage.

January 11, 2012

A Quest for Truth in Julian Barnes’ The Sense of an Ending

Is it ever possible to truly understand what really happened when considering any event, big or small? What really caused World War I? Why did that relationship end? What happened that day at Trafalgar Square? Often, the events that touch us personally can be the hardest to see clearly. Julian Barnes' The Sense of an Ending shows a man, nearing the end of his productive life, trying to grapple with this philosophical problem.

December 8, 2011

Destination Reading: 3 Great Books for Your Trip to London

Destination reading -- a way to combine real travel and armchair travel! For a recent trip to London, this reader chose three books that proved extremely useful and inspiring: the quintessential Fodor’s London 2012 travel guide; London Under by Peter Ackroyd; and The Tower, the Zoo, and the Tortoise by Julia Stuart.