The Best Books of 2011; Suits

Saturday, December 31st, 2011

My picks for the best books of 2011. Meanwhile, over in Style, I test drive two made-to-measure suit retailers.

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Authors of the Year

Tuesday, December 27th, 2011

Patrick deWitt and Esi Edugyan: My picks for authors of the year.

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The Unread

Saturday, December 10th, 2011

Recently, I began to read Moby-Dick for the first time. I was inspired to take Melville’s 1851 classic novel off the shelf, in part, by the fact that three related books had come across my desk in short succession: Chad Harbach’s The Art of Fielding; Matt Kish’s Moby-Dick in Pictures; and Nathaniel Philbrick’s Why Read Moby-Dick?

Bonus: I’m not the only one who thinks about this…

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George Jonas

Monday, December 5th, 2011

In Monday’s National Post I talk to George Jonas about his latest book, The Jonas Variations.

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Books Gift Guide

Saturday, December 3rd, 2011

A Christmas gift guide for book-lovers.

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