Tag: City on Fire
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Boring Book Recommendation: Tuesday Nights in 1980
“One man would be grinning while the art lovers toasted in his name. another man would never paint again.” What is this book about? Tuesday Nights in 1980 follows a group of people involved in the art scene in New York during the 1980’s. There’s an artist from Argentina who ran away from the problems his…
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Buying Into the Hype: City on Fire
Getting sucked into bookish hypes is so easy, but often not worth it. Esmée will look into these hypes for you, so only she has to potentially waste her time. What’s this hype everyone’s talking about? City on Fire is the 944 page novel written by first time novelist Garth Risk Hallberg. It took him…
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Garth Risk Hallberg as The Man Who’ll Never Stop
Monday was cold, but it didn’t keep anyone away from seeing Garth Risk Hallberg at John Adams. The author’s been the talk of the town ever since the news about the big advance for his big book , so no one was willing to miss it. Ernst-Jan Pfauth, co-founder and publisher of De Correspondent, was the moderator for the…
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Winter Reading Recommendations
We know that winter break is over, but that doesn’t mean we’re looking forward to spending time outside. It’s still dark and getting colder by the second, so what would be better than sitting inside with a good book? Just like last summer, we’re recommending books of all kinds so we think there’s something for everyone…