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Interviews | July 4, 2009
By Jill Owens
 Luis Alberto Urrea is a poet, novelist, journalist, and essayist who has been writing about the relationship between the United States and Mexico,...
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 We wanted to borrow a notion from next week's guest blogger ( TVstarKevinNealon) and insert a few subliminal messages into our newsletter ( shamelessripoff), but wiser voices prevailed ( bosssaidno). Instead, we're going to be completely up front about how exciting this newsletter is ( bestonesincethelastone)! We're thrilled to have an interview with David Wroblewski ( The Story of Edgar Sawtelle) and Gil Adamson ( The Outlander), whose books were featured in the third edition of our Indiespensable subscription club ( soldout/waitedtoolong). Along with signed first editions of The Host by Stephenie Meyer ( collector'sitem) and Snuff by Chuck Palahniuk ( bigmoneyoneBay), we have original essays by Rob Walker ( Buying In) and Timothy Snyder ( The Red Prince), plus INK Q&As from Andre Dubus III ( The Garden of Last Days), Steve Martini ( Shadow of Power), and Laura Dave ( The Divorce Party) to devour ( muchtastierthanthisblurb). And we're beside ourselves to feature guest bloggers Stephanie Klein ( Moose) and Kevin Nealon ( Yes, You're Pregnant, But What about Me?) — hopefully he appreciates our homage ( bigfansdon'tsue).
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 With The Host, the author of the #1 bestselling Twilight series delivers her brilliant first novel for adults: a gripping story of love and betrayal in a future with the fate of humanity at stake. This may be the first love triangle involving only two bodies. Get your signed first editions of The Host before they get you!
 Who else but Chuck Palahniuk would write a novel about an aging porn princess who decides to cap her legendary career by breaking the world record for serial fornication? Get your signed first editions of Snuff before they're gone!
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FEATURED INTERVIEW
Two predictions: The Outlander will win at least one major award. And The Story of Edgar Sawtelle will find a home on bestseller lists. When we discovered these two remarkable debut novels and decided to feature
them together in Indiespensable, Powell's subscription club, someone on staff proposed a joint interview with the authors. Their books share more than you might imagine: runaways, ghostly visions, improvised
outdoor survival, scenes rendered so powerfully you may forget you're reading fiction (you may forget you're reading, altogether), and characters that linger long after you close the book.
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NEW ARRIVALS
HARDCOVER
 Standard Operating Procedure by Philip Gourevitch and Errol Morris
The companion volume to Errol Morris's acclaimed documentary, Standard Operating Procedure looks behind the headlines to get at the startling truth of the Abu Ghraib scandal. "[R]emarkable power," praises the New York Times.
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 Devil May Care: The New James Bond Novel by Sebastian Faulks
By invitation of Ian Fleming's estate to mark the centenary of the Bond creator's birth, acclaimed novelist Sebastian Faulks (Birdsong) picks up where Fleming left off, writing a tour de force to electrify Bond fans everywhere. "[A] smart and enjoyable act of literary resurrection," hails the Guardian.
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 I'm Not There
Inspired by the life and songs of Bob Dylan, Todd Haynes's bold film I'm Not There features a roster of actors — including Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, and Cate Blanchett in her Academy Award-winning performance — portraying the brilliant, tortured, and elusive singer. "The movie of the year," raves the Village Voice, while the Onion A.V. Club calls it "ingenious, maddening." As always, all DVDs ship free from Powells.com.
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PAPERBACK
 In the Woods by Tana French
"The only thing more exciting than a great thriller is a terrific debut by a great thriller writer! Tana French makes a tremendous splash with In the Woods, a harrowing mystery in the vein of Mystic River that wholly earns the comparison. I dare you to put it down!" —Recommended by Hank, Powells.com
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 Mister Pip by Lloyd Jones
In a transcendent novel that is at once intense, beautiful, and fable-like, the author of Biograf celebrates the resilience of the human spirit and the power of narrative to transform lives. "Jones's prose is faultless," cheers Publishers Weekly.
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 Devil May Care: The New James Bond Novel by Sebastian Faulks
Written by novelist Sebastian Faulks, Devil May Care is the newest installment in the iconic James Bond series, set during the height of the Cold War. Picking up where Ian Fleming left off in 1966, Faulks has created the perfect continuation of the James Bond legacy, featuring all the glamour, thrills, and excitement that one would expect from any adventure involving Bond... James Bond.
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STEVE MARTINI: INK Q&A
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Murder reaches deep into the halls of the U.S. Supreme Court in Shadow of Power, Steve Martini's electrifying new thriller featuring defense attorney Paul Madriani. Publishers Weekly praises its "compelling courtroom scenes, which display a sophisticated knowledge of legal trench warfare." Read Martini's INK Q&A and save 30% on Shadow of Power. |
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LAURA DAVE: INK Q&A
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A multigenerational story about what it means to share a life with someone, The Divorce Party presents two immensely appealing women: Gwyn, who is facing the end of her marriage, and Maggie, her future daughter-in-law, who is trying to navigate the beginning of hers. Read Dave's INK Q&A and save 30% on The Divorce Party. |
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"[A] prodigious fever dream of a book...A beguiling, incandescent tale of travel, treachery, and transformation set in the Renaissance Florence of Machiavelli and the Medicis and in India's Mughal Empire." Elle (read more) |
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JUNE 7: Dungeons and Dragons Game Day
 Dust off your 20-sided die! Timed to coincide with the launch of the fourth edition of the hugely popular Dungeons and Dragons role-playing game, June 7 is Worldwide Dungeons and Dragons Game Day! Join two of Powell's best dungeon masters, who will guide players through an introductory fourth-edition adventure. There will be drawings, trivia, snacks, giveaways of dice and miniatures, and loads of D&D delight! |
JUNE 13: Salman Rushdie
 Vivid, gripping, irreverent, bawdy, profoundly moving, and completely absorbing, the latest novel from internationally acclaimed bestselling author Salman Rushdie, The Enchantress of Florence, is a dazzling book full of wonders by one of the world's most important living writers. "Entertainment of the highest literary order," raves Booklist (starred review). |
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IN OUR NEXT EDITION:
Walking home from the park, Wiggums showed Fup a shortcut. Off the streets, they crossed from one back yard to another: first through an easy gap between fence posts, then under a patch of chain link where some dog has dug a hole, and next, most impressively, via a sturdy span of plum tree branches.
"He'll forgive me," Fup said, meaning Bear. "In some ways, that's the hardest part. He'll say that he wants what I want, that what I want is what matters."
The plum tree set them down on the roof of a shed.
Wiggums didn't know how to respond — he'd met Bear just a few times and wouldn't have presumed to understand their relationship. Instead of speaking, he motioned toward a woodpile conveniently stacked against the shed, stepping down.
"Bear will understand what drove me here," Fup reiterated.
Along the street out front, a blue Oldsmobile crept between houses, conspicuously, as if lost.
"If he didn't understand," Fup proposed, "he'd be mad at me, right? Totally pissed."
"I would think so," confirmed Wiggums, though it wasn't clear whether even Fup believed this. Was Wiggums meant to answer these questions as a cousin or as the representative male? He had no idea. Thankfully, they'd reached his house.
Parked in the driveway, there was the Oldsmobile, its trunk and bumper dressed in colorful stickers, bold messages on bright backgrounds. Wiggums welcomed the distraction.
Now Fup recognized the car. The sticker that proclaimed, "There is no snooze button on a cat that wants breakfast" beside a familiar dent by the back tire well.
Which is where she spotted Bear, in front of the tire, pawing anxiously at the gravel, looking around.
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