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Drama


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Cutting for Stone (Vintage)
Cutting for Stone (Vintage)
by Abraham Verghese
Staff Pick
I'm used to reading good authors, but Verghese is so good, he blew me away. He writes with such detached compassion that Ethiopia becomes your homeland, and Matron, Ghosh, Marion and Shiva Stone, and all the rest become your friends, your neighbors, and... (read more)

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Sweet Tooth
Sweet Tooth
by Ian McEwan
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Ian McEwan's latest novel is a Cold War–era spy tale that is not exactly what it appears to be. After suffering through a couple of bad love affairs, Serena, a beautiful 20-something university graduate, stumbles into a job with MI5 and is... (read more)

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Bring Up the Bodies (A John MacRae Book)
Bring Up the Bodies (A John MacRae Book)
by Hilary Mantel
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Would the sequel live up to expectations? Actually, yes. Hilary Mantel's talent for rich detail and sensuous atmosphere is still apparent, and Bring Up the Bodies is, in some ways, a much more gripping, riveting, and textured read than Wolf Hall. For one... (read more)

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Death and the Maiden: Tie-In Edition
Death and the Maiden: Tie-In Edition
by Ariel Dorfman
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Reminiscent of the moral perplexities that became the distinctive feature of Greek drama, Death and the Maiden is an unabashed examination of the sometimes unexpected repercussions inherent in reconciliation with the past. Set in post-Pinochet Chile, or... (read more)

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Bruce
Bruce
by Peter Ames Carlin
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Too often rock biographies seek to canonize their subjects, offering up for consecration the revelatory details of sexual conquests, pharmacological overindulgences, and distended egos. In an art awash with tragic figures and truncated careers, perhaps... (read more)

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Arcadia
Arcadia
by Tom Stoppard
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Now this is important theatre. Yes, a play, and I recommend seeing it performed if you ever get the chance to, but read it beforehand if you want to have a chance of understanding it. I actually played Valentine in a production of Arcadia (I had a... (read more)

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Johnny Cash: I See a Darkness
Johnny Cash: I See a Darkness
by Reinhard Kleist
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Reinhard Kleist gives us a dark and nuanced portrait of the Man in Black, with stunning black-and-white artwork that perfectly complements the retelling of Johnny Cash's life. Interspersed among the narrative are short selections of illustrated song... (read more)

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Art of Dramatic Writing: Its Basis in the Creative Interpretation of Human Motives
Art of Dramatic Writing: Its Basis in the Creative Interpretation of Human Motives
by Lajos Egri
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If you begged me to give you the title of one "how-to" book on the topic of screenwriting and wouldn't give up until I told you, then it would have to be this classic introduction to the craft. Often used as a textbook in screenwriting classes, Lajos... (read more)

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The Birthday Party and the Room: Two Plays
The Birthday Party and the Room: Two Plays
by Harold Pinter
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Written in 1957 while in his mid-20s, The Room and The Birthday Party were Harold Pinter's first two plays. The English dramatist's attempts at creating theatrical works were initially ridiculed, but Pinter is now acclaimed as one of the world's finest... (read more)

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The Invisible Bridge (Vintage Contemporaries)
The Invisible Bridge (Vintage Contemporaries)
by Julie Orringer
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The Invisible Bridge is jaw-droppingly impressive. Orringer is a hugely talented writer, able to wrangle epic themes — love and war, tragedy and redemption — and tame them with her deft, evocative prose. Her debut novel is cinematic, heart-wrenching,... (read more)

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Kissing the Mask: Beauty, Understatement and Femininity in Japanese Noh Theater
Kissing the Mask: Beauty, Understatement and Femininity in Japanese Noh Theater
by William T Vollmann
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Understatement isn't exactly characteristic of William T. Vollmann's writing. In his previous journalistic attempts to understand some of the more paradoxical and confusing aspects of the world, he has exercised such an unremitting onslaught of literary... (read more)

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Shakespeare: The World as Stage (Eminent Lives)
Shakespeare: The World as Stage (Eminent Lives)
by Bill Bryson
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A well-researched, well-written journey through Shakespeare's England. And who better as your affable guide than Bill Bryson? This slim volume is a perfect stocking stuffer.... (read more)

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Well (06 Edition)
Well (06 Edition)
by Lisa Kron
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Lisa Kron wrote and starred in this "one woman show with other people in it" that went all the way to Broadway. The play concerns her relationship with her mother — and her mother's chronic ill-health — while also examining the methods... (read more)

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A Woman Trapped in a Woman's Body: Tales from a Life of Cringe
A Woman Trapped in a Woman's Body: Tales from a Life of Cringe
by Lauren Weedman
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The funniest book I've read in years, Lauren Weedman's A Woman Trapped in a Woman's Body made my face hurt with laughter. I compulsively read it out loud to whomever happened to be around, and recommended it to everyone I met. A Woman Trapped in a Woman... (read more)

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Pedro and the Captain: A Play
Pedro and the Captain: A Play
by Mario Benedetti
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Though long revered throughout Latin America, when Mario Benedetti passed away in 2009, the great Uruguayan novelist, poet, playwright, and journalist was little known to the English-speaking world. Few, quite unfortunately, of his over 75 works are... (read more)

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I Drink for a Reason
I Drink for a Reason
by David Cross
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David Cross, the stand-up comedian, sketch-comedy genius (I heart you, Mr. Show), and actor (I heart you also, Arrested Development), offers a book of ephemera that is sometimes insightful, often sharp-edged, and always hilarious. B.Y.O. beer.... (read more)

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