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fromAnOther
8 hours ago

Mieko Kawakami's New Novel Exposes the Tokyo Underworld of the 90s

Sisters in Yellow portrays a teenage girl's descent into the Japanese underworld after her mother disappears, exploring themes of loneliness and class struggle.
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fromwww.npr.org
2 months ago

'Even the Dead' wraps up John Banville's smart, moody mystery series

Quirke mysteries combine noir darkness with literary prose, following a Dublin coroner confronting trauma, moral ambiguity, and hidden crimes in 1950s settings.
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fromThe Mercury News
5 months ago

New novel 'Seacliff Park' tells fictional story of famed Cement Ship

The SS Palo Alto, a WWI-era cement ship grounded off Seacliff State Beach, inspired a new noir novel exploring corruption, crime, and the American dream.
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