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Month: October 2022

“The world does not know that you are here.”

October 27, 2022 ~ The Longest Chapter ~ Leave a comment

The world certainly knows Cormac McCarthy's new novel "The Passenger" is here. A 16-year wait for his fans, of which I have not been one until now, hooked irrevocably. His characters herein are geniuses, and so is this author. Here's what “The Passenger” is all about.

The 2022 Booker Prize winner plus a surprise bestseller

October 18, 2022 ~ The Longest Chapter ~ 2 Comments

Sri Lankan author Shehan Karunatilaka won this year's Booker Prize for his second novel about his country's decades-long civil war. Also, and totally unrelated, the MacArthur Foundation "genius" grant announcements last week connected me to a wildly popular book that has "germinated" into a bestseller. Here's more.

The Longest Chapter is written by Kassie Rose, book critic for Ohio NPR member station WOSU.

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