Six new books that are recommended this week include “The Dry” about a drought stricken farming community in Australia, where a resident investigates a shocking murder. Another is “Nicotine” which is a memoir about the life of a smoker, originally written in German but has recently been translated for the English language.
Key Takeaways:
- Coretta Scott King’s posthumous memoir offers a look at the legacy of Martin Luther King; a new biography of George Herriman, the creator of the comic strip “Krazy Kat,” has been winning raves all around.
- The public intellectual Michael Eric Dyson has written an urgent plea to white America about contemporary matters of race.
- Jane Harper’s debut thriller is set in a drought-stricken farming community in Australia, where a former resident returns to investigate a shocking murder. Our critic Janet Maslin called the novel a “breathless page-turner,” packed with “sneaky moves that the reader has to track with care.”
“Given current headlines, it should be no surprise that several new books offering smart and timely considerations of race top our list.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/19/books/review/six-new-books-we-recommend-this-week.html
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