The Master of Apipucos

Sep 22, 1997 — I ?rst read The English Patient in one gulp, sitting in a room on 77th and Columbus the morning after I’d ?nished a sweltering summer of ?lming in New York. When I put the book down, it was dark, and...

Laura Lippman, named one of the one hundred essential crime writers of the past hundred years, has published a wide variety of novels and short stories in the genre, including PI fiction, noir, and cozies. In 2025, she was named...

Colm Tóibín is the author of ten novels, including The Master and Brooklyn, and two collections of stories. His work has been translated into more than thirty languages. He is a contributing editor at the London Review of Books and...

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