Articles by C. Max Magee
May 22, 2012
Tuesday New Release Day: Ford, Theroux, Johnson 0
This week brings Richard Ford’s latest novel, Canada, as well as a new novel from Paul Theroux, The Lower River. And Millions favorite and Pulitzer finalist Train Dreams by Denis Johnson is now out in paperback. Bonus Links: You can now subscribe to listings of literary new releases in your feed reader with this RSS [...]
May 16, 2012
Wood on the Missing Bits of HHhH 0
James Wood’s New Yorker review of Laurent Binet’s HHhH, makes note of the sections of the book that were cut by editors (and name-checks The Millions). Here they are if you want to read them and learn more about the context behind the cuts.
May 15, 2012
Tuesday New Release Day: Carey, Mieville, Murakami 0
New today are Peter Carey’s The Chemistry of Tears and China Mieville’s Railsea. And Haruki Murakami’s 1Q84 is now out in a snazzy three-volume boxed-set paperback edition. Bonus Links: You can now subscribe to listings of literary new releases in your feed reader with this RSS feed. Plus, check out more new release RSS feeds [...]
May 10, 2012
Borrow Harry Potter Electronically 0
Amazon has announced that all seven Harry Potter books will be available via its Kindle Lending Library starting on June 19th.
May 8, 2012
Maurice Sendak Dies 3
The New York Times is reporting that Maurice Sendak has died at 83. In part because I shared a name with its main character, Where the Wild Things Are was a beloved book of mine. Sendak’s last book Bumble-Ardy, full of chaotic drawings of mischievous pigs, is a favorite of 19-month-old son’s. May Sendak’s bountiful [...]
May 8, 2012
Tuesday New Release Day: Irving, Morrison, Mantel, Colbert, Patchett 0
Time to dust off the old John Irving Recurring Themes Matrix because his new book In One Person is out today. Also out are Home by America’s last Nobel Laureate Toni Morrison and Bring Up the Bodies, Hilary Mantel’s hotly anticipated sequel to Booker- and Rooster-winning Wolf Hall. Also out is I Am a Pole, [...]
